Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked
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The alleged altercation ended when Maria grabbed the knife and stabbed Kallyne in the stomach, the report adds.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives are looking for possible links among the recent slayings of four homeless people in Willowbrook, including the killing of former NFL lineman Kevin Johnson, who was stabbed to death last month.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Two days before the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships, Nancy Kerrigan was walking to her locker after practice when she was clubbed above the knee by a stranger.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nearly four decades ago around Christmas and New Year’s, a young woman was clubbed to death in her Jacksonville home with her baby unharmed.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
15 Jan. 2026
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By then, Achiuwa had already beaten Tyler Kolek in a foot race to the ball, and Brown flailed his arms in frustration while screaming for his All-Star to get off the floor.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Kickboxing robots flailed wildly before falling over, and some sprinters crashed into rivals.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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The president has lashed out at current Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's slow-and-steady approach to interest rate cuts over the last year.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tony Khan’s History Of Online Controversies On New Year’s Eve in 2021, Tony Khan lashed out on Twitter at former AEW star Big Swole for her complaints about AEW’s lack of diversity.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Splitting those 36 counties into three slices helps to show how the homebuying burden has changed from 2025’s fourth quarter to not-so-recent lows in buying’s financial burden – a decade-plus ago, just after the Great Recession slashed prices.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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In California, lawmakers responded to the local news crisis with a series of efforts that have been killed off or slashed down.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The word mom speared out of her mouth.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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Vecna gets speared, the monster goes down, the creepy heart stops beating and everyone's alive!—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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India also battled through nagging injuries that sapped his effectiveness.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
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All those bailout forehands and ripping backhands against Sinner had sapped some of the magic.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Some women have switched from generic medication to available brand names, which costs them as much as $300 a month and are not covered by insurance.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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For a second pass, Union switched to Jude’s Haze pumps with a charcoal gray coat cut like a long blazer.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Conked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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