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Recent Examples of skull
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
The current Michigan state-record black bear, according to Boone and Crockett Club, is bear whose skull measured 22 11/16 inches and was killed in Newaygo County in 2009 by Donald R. Corrigan.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
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Noun
Two feet tall, its design of a crucified Christ positioned above the skull of Adam was dug out from a copper ground, filled with powdered glass mixed with metallic oxides and fired to achieve an extraordinary array of colors, both delicate and bright.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
The current Michigan state-record black bear, according to Boone and Crockett Club, is bear whose skull measured 22 11/16 inches and was killed in Newaygo County in 2009 by Donald R. Corrigan.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skull
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Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans BBC.Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Early hominins were often known from pieces of jaw, isolated craniums and individual skeletal pieces.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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Space snake brains Joysticking EELS around on Enceladus was out of the question due to the huge communication lag, so the team went for nearly complete autonomy.Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024
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The new set of donors, by contrast, come from the first category and are not brain dead.Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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The Lac du Flambeau tribe gets its name from French explorers who observed tribal harvesters spearing at night with the use of torches.Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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But when the waters receded, the fish likely became trapped in the ponds, where hunter-gatherers could have easily speared them.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Many get beaned by water balloon-wielding children.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 July 2024
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Pete Alonso hit a one-out double and Muñoz (1-5) loaded the bases by beaning Mark Vientos and walking DJ Stewart.Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
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Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
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In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
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River was saved, in a sense, by getting conked in the back of his head, which took him away from the clutches of Hugo Weaving’s Frank Harkness and into the clutches of Natasha (Coralie Audret), who’s anxious to know what brought him into town.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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According to rumors, a blazing row on the terrace of their hotel – the San Domenico Palace – ended when Taylor conked Burton on the head with a mandolin.John Bleasdale, Variety, 18 June 2023
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What does one wear in Las Vegas, i.e. the clubbing capital of the world?Willow Lindley, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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Projection model ranks contenders in wild NFC West Watch F1 while clubbing?New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skull. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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