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Dock the bottom of the crust, piercing it a few times with the tines of a fork.
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Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Bakers roll out the galetta dough, slick the surface with beef tallow or pork lard and then fold the mass in half, repeating the steps four or five times before cutting pieces into squares and poking the top with fork tines.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026
In the ad, a regular guy (Guy Fieri in a wig) interacts with Bosch's products and transforms into Guy Fieri.
— Sarah Whitten
Are goalposts modeled after forks missing their inner tines?
—Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
But in his defense, Paul always claimed that outfielder Charlie Spikes, the principal player going back to Cleveland, was the Yankees top prospect at the tine who just didn’t pan out.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
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Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Bakers roll out the galetta dough, slick the surface with beef tallow or pork lard and then fold the mass in half, repeating the steps four or five times before cutting pieces into squares and poking the top with fork tines.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026
In the ad, a regular guy (Guy Fieri in a wig) interacts with Bosch's products and transforms into Guy Fieri.
— Sarah Whitten
Are goalposts modeled after forks missing their inner tines?
—Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
But in his defense, Paul always claimed that outfielder Charlie Spikes, the principal player going back to Cleveland, was the Yankees top prospect at the tine who just didn’t pan out.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tine
prong
Noun
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Now, gasoline prices are also dragging down the lower prong of the K.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
27 May 2026
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Investigators found a belt on the kitchen counter inside the apartment, which had a broken prong, according to the affidavit.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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“Tine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tine. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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