Thesaurus results for PINKED

pinked

verb

past tense of pink

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword

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The victim had been stabbed and had her throat cut, police said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Doctor stabbed to death, wife critically injured after man allegedly attacks them in bed.

— , FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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In 1998, while a student at Gordonstoun, Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall (née Phillips), shocked the nation by getting her tongue pierced at a tattoo parlour in Moray, Scotland.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
The anticipation builds until the silence is pierced by the curling cry of the ancient instrument.

— Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026

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As anxiety punctured the tranquility of the suburb, questions bubbled up on everything from the community’s water and pesticide use to abandoned oil wells underneath.

— Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
For especially delicate foods, make sure the toothpicks are secure and don’t touch anything that could be punctured or contaminated.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 9 Sep. 2026

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Workers have been increasingly jabbed while on the job as needle-style medications — more specifically GLP-1s — have risen in popularity.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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But as a viewer, at least, watching American Horror Story feels more than ever like being stuck in some sort of hell.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
If you have ever been stuck in traffic wishing your car could sprout wings, Samson Sky has been working on something pretty close.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Pelicans swooped overhead and night herons, with spiky yellow feathers flying from their heads, goofily pecked the grass for insects.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026

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