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conking

verb

present participle of conk

as in braining

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Video clips of Guarino performing the Endo One procedure — which involves repeatedly stabbing the skin with a thin, cylindrical rod, releasing a red laser — are posted regularly on his and EvoSkin’s Instagram accounts.

— Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Holly returns to save her dad by violently stabbing and killing Crowley, but Voit decides to take the fall for Holly and is put back behind bars.

— Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

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Recent champions Las Vegas and New York are once again flailing through the regular season, relying on their ability to flip the switch at an opportune moment.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026
And regardless, such arrangements are unlikely to save a flailing labor market.

— Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

Definition of flailing

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The attorney questioned whether a person would be able to smell alcohol at the same time that wind generated by 18-wheelers and other vehicles whipping by on the highway was blowing, as was occurring during the officer’s time with Hampton.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Zeus and Poseidon are at it again—one hurling thunderbolts, the other whipping the sea into a frenzy.

— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Definition of whipping

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Relentless rains were lashing Texas Hill Country on Thursday, with flash flood emergencies reported across the region, rescues ongoing and waters rising to deadly levels.

— Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Julian Quinones — Mexico/Al Qadsiah (-7) Quinones took his World Cup goal tally to four by lashing a loose ball into the roof of the net against England.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of lashing

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Retailers like Wayfair, Pottery Barn, West Elm, and Amazon are still slashing prices on some of the highest-quality pieces on the market.

— Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
San Francisco had already seen a Waymo smashed and torched by a crowd, and a man charged with slashing the tires of seventeen more.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of slashing

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The Crown released six references with PNDs throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, switching up bezels from metal to acrylic, swapping between screw-down and pump-style pushers, updating movements, and tweaking that famous face.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2026
Another might begin dinner with a cocktail before switching to a zero-proof pairing.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of switching

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And then, in the 93rd minute, after 100 consecutive (and non-threatening) passes, after more than five minutes of time-sapping possession, Algeria suddenly broke forward and scored!

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Unlike basketball or baseball, pro football is far from the point where regular-season contests become meaningless, but that hasn’t stopped its fans from debating whether the NFL is sapping some of the magic that comes from football’s scarcity.

— Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of sapping

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His ideas are later used to discourage violently spearing food with a knife, and instead promote the pacifist chopstick.

— New York Times, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Sturdy individual stakes are a good option, and to prevent spearing the bulb, they should be placed at planting time.

— Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026

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