Thesaurus results for PRICKLED

prickled

verb

past tense of prickle

as in pierced

to cause or experience an unpleasant feeling that is like the feeling of having many small, sharp points against your skin The burrs were prickling my arm. The wool sweater prickled my skin.

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According to the artist who made it, John Buckley, and the owner of the home pierced by the shark, Bill Heine, the work was meant as a protest against the recent bombing of Libya, nuclear power and nuclear war, among other things.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
In his season of DWTS, Irwin opened up about navigating grief after the death of his father Steve Irwin, who died in 2006 after being pierced by a stingray barb.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

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Offering a clever twist, the warm cake is poked with the handle of a wooden spoon, creating space for a vanilla-pineapple pudding to sink deep into the crumb.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Let sit at room temperature until buns are puffed and expanded to edges of muffin cups (dough will spring back when poked but hold a slight indentation), 25–35 minutes.

— Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026

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OpenAI reported that models being tested on a cybersecurity benchmark found a way out of an isolated environment, obtained internet access and penetrated Hugging Face infrastructure.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
All of these appeared to originate at boundaries between tiles, suggesting hot gas may have penetrated these boundaries.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

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