POKED (AROUND) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

poked (around)

verb

past tense of poke (around)

as in tracked (down)

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France took the lead with a solo try from Ntamack, who ran down the short side from about 22-meters out, dummied, palmed off a defender and crashed over in a tackle in the 52nd, and conversion from skipper Maxime Lucu.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
The Kelce brothers once ran down their favorite fast-food burgers, and apparently, Burger King is tops.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

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Katrina Shadix, a 58-year-old anti-bear-hunt activist in the Orlando area, found out through a public-records request that the FWC accessed her DAVID information 17 times between 2023 and 2025.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Balogun found out about the decision in a team meeting Sunday, a source familiar with the situation said.

— Monica Alba, NBC news, 5 July 2026

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PayJoy, founded by Doug Ricket, is transforming credit access in the global south, enabling millions to afford phones and invest in micro-businesses where traditional credit is scarce.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Rinehart subsequently founded Save Our Teams, an advocacy organization designed to help athletes, parents and alumni mobilize when collegiate swimming programs land on the chopping block.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026

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Hugging Face’s security team and its own agents detected and stopped the activity on its infrastructure.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
As anyone reading this who is hypervigilant at noticing and advocating for the missing women in the room can tell you, with training and conscious effort, the absence of women at work can indeed be detected.

— Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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poked (around)

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