transpierce

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Verb
  • The passenger who shot him was stabbed in the back and lungs and remains in critical condition, according to CBS News.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Police in Frisco on Thursday night responded to a gunshot call at a house where relatives of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a track meet live.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Van Lith was picked in the first round by the Chicago Sky.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Throughout the week, The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler, Joe Smith and Jeremy Rutherford were on site and picked the players’ brains about, well, each other.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • To get an empty eggshell, pierce small holes on either end of a fresh, raw egg with a needle and gently blow the contents out into a bowl.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Wolf, Puss in Boots’s big villain, had piercing red eyes; Sinners’s villain Remmick (Jack O’Connell) has piercing red eyes.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But economic realities and the physical limits of beaming internet connectivity from space could puncture the good vibes.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Having your skin punctured by a needle over and over hurts — and larger body art can require several sittings.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But whether the trial's May 5 start date will stick is another story.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Moving Rafaela clears room for Anthony to stick in the lineup.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement, Mr. Warner praised General Haugh’s leadership and said his removal would not make the country safer, jabbing at the White House for sharing sensitive material on a consumer messaging application and ousting members of the National Security Council staff at the urging of Ms. Loomer.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The law has long recognized that attorneys should feel free to punch and jab their opponent with threats and intimidation to try to resolve a dispute before filing a lawsuit, because court dockets are jammed with cases and tough talk can help clear the deck.
    Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Places like Italy, and Spain, and Greece, these places are not meant to be run through.
    Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • With a ball-carrier attempting to run through the Rosenborg midfield, Nypan — who scored the game’s opening goal before assisting his side’s second — upends the player with a fierce challenge, creating the potential for a counter-attack in the other direction.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Transpierce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpierce. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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