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poniarded

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past tense of poniard

as in dirked

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The Test Kitchen prefers perforated grill baskets ($30, Amazon).

— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

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These structures are riddled with microscopic pores that behave like molecular sponges, soaking up water vapor and releasing it again with minimal fuss.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 July 2026
McCullers made the 2017 All-Star team and finished seventh in Cy Young voting in 2021, but his career has been riddled with injury after being taken with the 41st pick of the 2012 draft.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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The tradition was introduced in Cutud in the mid-twentieth century, but was thrust into the spotlight when televised by the media in the 1980s.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Pulisic has never seemed overly comfortable in the role that was thrust upon him, and as his charisma-free walk-on in that Wells Fargo spot suggests, perhaps certain trappings of superstardom will never be a good fit for the AC Milan player.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026

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