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Recent Examples of pronged
Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The Senate passed the House’s legislation Friday but only after removing the enrollment cap from the multi-pronged education bill.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
The re-enactments, which include bomb-making and transportation, as well as the three-pronged plan to escape, have a flavor that calls to mind ’70s heist and spy films, accompanied by Michael James Lee’s jaunty, genre-aping score.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Which leaves a two-pronged takeaway.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Because Sullivan is showing a two-pronged attack right now.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The Senate passed the House’s legislation Friday but only after removing the enrollment cap from the multi-pronged education bill.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
The re-enactments, which include bomb-making and transportation, as well as the three-pronged plan to escape, have a flavor that calls to mind ’70s heist and spy films, accompanied by Michael James Lee’s jaunty, genre-aping score.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Which leaves a two-pronged takeaway.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
Adjective
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Page used barbed wire wrapped around a chair to bust MJF open and hit a Deadeye through a table.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Have Faith Haiti, with its 30-foot-tall walls, barbed wire and guard towers, looks like a prison from the outside.—
Denise Schrier Cetta,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The silicon chip is perforated with rows of triangular holes—some 264 micrometers wide, others 99 µm in size.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Feb. 2026
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So too were perforated and extended earlobes, in older men and women hanging down well below their chins like fleshy rings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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But a few things stick out as incorrect: The costume Diplo is wearing in the video does not match the actual, taller and spikier grassy costumes worn during the show.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But in the early 19th century, mathematicians started to encounter phenomena — infinite sums and strange, jagged curves, for instance — that defied their intuition for what was possible.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Governor Wes Moore Republicans point out that the state approved a gas tax holiday in 2022 when Russia's war with Ukraine spiked prices, which received bipartisan support, including from Ferguson himself.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Iran war, now more than two weeks old, has faced low polling support among the public and spiked gas prices as Iran has throttled the Strait of Hormuz.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The result puts Tony on the radar of Scotland Yard’s Inspector Hubbard (Nick Mandracchia), and immediately thrusts Tony into a defensive posture.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The story follows ‘Diamond’ Derek Douglas, a wildcard boxing contender unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight just days before a high-stakes title fight.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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The injury riddled Kings — playing their second game in 24 hours and their third in four nights — were even more shorthanded than usual.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Rahim plays Amin, Alpha’s uncle, a man dying of this disease and riddled with drug addiction.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Rockets are a team that lost its starting point guard (Fred VanVleet) at the start of the year while the Knicks brought back and built upon the exact same core that punched the franchise’s first ticket to the conference finals in the last quarter-century.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Manning allegedly punched and kicked Hartman in the face and torso, scratched her, choked her and grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor and wall.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Pronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronged. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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