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poniarding

verb

present participle of poniard

as in dirking

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After riddling the vehicle with bullets and receiving backup from the 400 Mawozo gang, the gunmen set the vehicle on fire with an explosive device, several sources told the Herald.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
But asteroids and comets have also bombarded Mercury, riddling it with impact craters, much like the pockmarked surface of Earth’s moon.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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Fittingly, a Florida win at Kentucky on Saturday would narrow the gap between the two, thrusting each into the SEC’s wide band of soon-to-be 8-4 and 9-3 clubs.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
Along with the wealth of studies suggesting a reliance on these tools impacts critical thinking , many school districts are wary of thrusting a technology that’s become synonymous with effortless cheating at school assignments into students’ hands.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 8 Nov. 2026

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