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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poked (around)
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When Oden walked onto the floor for the start of the third OT, Boise State coach Leon Rice ran down the sideline, waving the real-time box score that is distributed to the teams and media during timeouts; the printout had Oden with five fouls.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026 -
The team security guard who ran down the back hallway, ecstatic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Eisenhower parents found out only days ago, when Ledesma was arrested and charged this month.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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However, the 30-year-old quickly found out that all his poking and prodding was actually working a little too well against his companion in the scene.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In 1916, the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple, also known as the Denver Buddhist Church at the time, was founded at 1950 Lawrence St.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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When disease surveillance weakens, outbreaks are detected later, spread farther, and cost exponentially more to contain.—
Sylvana Quader Sinha,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The team behind this research detected signs of the potential exomoon while investigating HD 206893 B with the GRAVITY instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) located in the Atacama desert region of northern Chile.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Poked (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poked%20%28around%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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