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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked
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Investigators found the bodies nearby — Davis and Shelton had been shot, Friedt had been stabbed with a hunting knife whose blade broke off in her chest, and Flemmons died from asphyxiation after suffering blunt-force injuries, per A&E, citing Julie Young’s book The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The ambassador stabbed Berry during the struggle, the Sheriff’s Office said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Contreras, 33, clubbed 20 homers and set a career high in RBIs (80) in 135 games for the Cardinals last season, his first as a full-time first baseman.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
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Reigns speared Paul, who had clubbed his opponents with brass knuckles.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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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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On Sunday, Merrill flailed at two sliders in the dirt from Tyler Glasnow before looking at a third down the middle for strike three to strand a runner in the first inning.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Trump has also repeatedly lashed out over the state’s incarceration of Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of state felonies related to her attempts to prove discredited election conspiracies shared by the president.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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The California economy was lashed all year by tumult in Hollywood, which has been hit by a slowdown in filming as well as media and entertainment industry consolidation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Team engineers have been beavering away, clawing back downforce slashed in the new rule definitions for how cars need to look and behave.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Police said the 30-year-old victim was stabbed in the back and slashed in the neck.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
7 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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The knife remains in the dominant hand, poised to cut when necessary or push food that can’t be speared atop the fork’s overturned tines.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
20 Dec. 2025
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The Hurricanes made other mistakes at crucial times that sapped momentum.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Filling in The absence of senior power forward Pharrel Payne (right knee) has sapped the Terps of a productive commodity on both ends of the floor.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Jan. 2026
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In addition to the new visa, last year Bulgaria also switched to the euro and joined the Schengen Zone — a group of 29 European countries with open borders.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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New York switched to Chicago just before midnight, and Chance the Rapper did one song and did the countdown to midnight.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Conked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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