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Recent Examples of prong
Noun
Caputo spent four days in the hospital following her arrest and had to take antibiotics for a skin infection where the Taser prongs had hit her, according to the warrant.—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025 After the struggle, Caputo had a hematoma under her right eye, bruises and a scar from the Taser prongs, the warrant states.—Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Verb
There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018 Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018 See All Example Sentences for prong
The broad fork, a big garden fork with very heavy tines that sink into and lift soil, is another tool that's used to turn soil.
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Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 May 2025
The piece was created using a process called knapping in which a tool like an antler tine would be used to gradually remove small flakes from the larger flint piece until it was shaped, archaeologists said.
Individual plates, perforated with pinholes, are illuminated by a bright central light.
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Martin Bush,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
This is the same political culture that perforated Hogg’s own political maturation — one where the stringent structures of establishment politics’ demands of loyalty ring hollow and moral idealism is a necessity.
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Maximo Bratter,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2025
Twelve suspects have been detained after 145 festival go-ers reported being pricked while at the Fête de la Musique, according to France 24 with AFP news.
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Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
The doctor propped my chin in her slender hand, pricked the top of my nose twice, massaged the area for a few moments, and then added an additional drop to the side of my nose to help disguise the asymmetry.
Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
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CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.
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