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Recent Examples of skull
Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
November For months, Skye has been complaining about headaches and pain around her skull.
—Elise Wrabetz, NBC news, 25 Dec. 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
After analyzing the partial remains of a skull, the research team named the new dinosaur Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
November For months, Skye has been complaining about headaches and pain around her skull.
—Elise Wrabetz, NBC news, 25 Dec. 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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That's where Joseph Keil found a skeleton in a sarcophagus filled with water, but for some reason, Keil only removed the cranium from the tomb before sealing it back up.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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This indicates that the bones were gathered over multiple generations—perhaps six to eight—before being placed in the heap at the possible rate, on average, of one cranium every decade or so.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Ode to Lucy’s Pelvis Adrienne Gruber O wondrous one, your bipedal swag, terrestrial locomotion, partial appendages revealed, brain a soft sponge, size of an acorn, still waiting for that growth spurt 3.2 million years later.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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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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After the match, Rhodes and Owens brawled on a production crate, leading to Rhodes spearing Owens through a table.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Williams in the video appeared to have speared one of the flags with his machete, and waved it in the air attached to the end of his weapon.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 Oct. 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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Higher revenues clubbed with margin expansion and fewer shares resulted in the company’s bottom line of $21.17 now, up 54% from $13.77 in 2021.Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ryan Clifford and Ronny Mauricio. Clifford, 21, has clubbed 45 home runs in 269 career pro-ball games.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skull. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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