pocked

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocked
Adjective
  • Not the pitted crow-feather black olives that cuddled between gherkins and pickled watermelon rind in our holiday relish dish; those were tasteless gloomy orbs cured with lye and dyed with chemical additives.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
  • Toss in pitted dates or a dollop of maple syrup for a bit of natural sweetness.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Land Rover Defender Octa was airborne for what felt like an eternity, all four wheels spinning free above the rutted Baja-style course in Gateway, Colorado.
    Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Turning onto the dead-end road, the car coasts down the rutted driveway to the house at the bottom.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The 67-year-old singer arrived at the Saint Laurent spring 2026 show outside the Eiffel Tower on Monday night during Paris Fashion Week, her wavy blond hair loosely trapped under the collar of her leather top, curls snaking around the edges of her face, pooling just below her collarbone.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Bear star wore her hair in a wavy bob.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • It was mostly composed of only one skull bone instead of the two bones seen in later species and largely lacked the knobby horns that other pachycephalosaurs had as ornamentation.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Emphasizing ruggedness and offering an open invitation to tackle dirt roads, the Bronco’s squared fenders, short overhangs, upright glass and knobby tires look more at home on mountain trails than valet lanes.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Pocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocked. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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