death's-head

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Noun
  • At the same time, a CNN poll found Republicans broadly supportive of the strikes, with about three-quarters approving of the military action compared with roughly one-third of independents and fewer than one in five Democrats.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Texas’s wildly divergent polls have found everything from a Talarico surge into first place to a solid Crockett lead.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • First, the skull weakens and distorts sound waves.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Silva underwent surgery for a skull fracture and was released from the hospital the next day.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Despite his impassive eyes, balding pate, and slit of a smile, Robert Duvall could be volcanic and melancholic, mysterious and straightforward, vengeful and merciful.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Its menu includes a cheeseboard, chicken salad sliders, mushroom pate, Caesar salad, marinated olives and more.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Later in the half, acting head coach Jacque Vaughn, who also stepped in to coach earlier this year when Self missed a game due to a health scare, received a technical.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But with only a partial cranium, there wasn’t much to go on.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The other two craniums were found in 1990.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Michigan has already secured the Big Ten regular season crown — imagine adding those stakes to Sunday’s game — but there’s still NCAA Tournament seeding to worry about, along with the psychological drama of the rivalry.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Just seems like the Mariners’ horde of young talent leaves them far better positioned to keep their crown a little while.
    Kevin Sherrington Mar. 6, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On the home stretch, bag five is the head construction, and the most technical part of the build, similar to Mario’s noggin in the brilliant Super Mario and Standard Kart (72037) set from 2025.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And the flatworm with its new noggin immediately solving the maze its old one worked so diligently to master?
    Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Bhakta had been grazed in the scalp by a bullet, only inches away from being a fatal wound.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The entire line is rooted in Korean scalp rituals, targeting exfoliation, nourishment, and scalp health.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Death's-head.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%27s-head. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.

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