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pricked

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past tense of prick

as in punctured

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As anxiety punctured the tranquility of the suburb, questions bubbled up on everything from the community’s water and pesticide use to abandoned oil wells underneath.

— Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
For especially delicate foods, make sure the toothpicks are secure and don’t touch anything that could be punctured or contaminated.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of punctured

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In 1998, while a student at Gordonstoun, Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall (née Phillips), shocked the nation by getting her tongue pierced at a tattoo parlour in Moray, Scotland.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
The anticipation builds until the silence is pierced by the curling cry of the ancient instrument.

— Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of pierced

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Arches made of brick and perforated metal panels will be constructed near the sidewalks.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Eschewing the classic perforated upper, the styles modeled by Grace include the Unfurgettable Vegan Suede and Vegan Suede Quilted clogs, which are lined with faux fur but can still be decorated with Jibbitz along the backstrap.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

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As solitary insects with limited aggression towards humans, the risk of getting stung is often not worth your direct interference.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Two years is a long time in the NFL, yet that wild-card loss to the Philadelphia Eagles still stung in the building.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of stung

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Police said Warren punched a 15-year-old and caused a minor injury to the teen’s parent.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Their job is to reduce the world to a series of numbers that can be punched into increasingly complex statistical equations and published in esoteric journals with high barriers to entry and minuscule readerships.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of punched

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Scott Schaunaman, a Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department spokesperson, said the contractor accidentally bored into a six-inch, high-pressure gas line from 150 feet away, blowing open a portion of 10th Street.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Ever since, witches, wizards, and dragons have bored me silly.

— Griffin Dunne, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

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