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Recent Examples of pronged
Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
That number grew, despite the moratorium, because hospices go through a two-pronged approval process.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
The instrument has been around since the 1700s, but Pure Frequencies is working to turn a two-pronged bar into a daily self-care ritual.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
While the show has always been a multi-pronged satire of Hollywood and social media, this season’s political storylines will surely hit a bit different (see trailer below).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Combs’ appeal is part of his multi-pronged bid to secure his release from prison.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
That number grew, despite the moratorium, because hospices go through a two-pronged approval process.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
The instrument has been around since the 1700s, but Pure Frequencies is working to turn a two-pronged bar into a daily self-care ritual.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
While the show has always been a multi-pronged satire of Hollywood and social media, this season’s political storylines will surely hit a bit different (see trailer below).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
Adjective
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But when classes resumed this week for the first time since the Iran war began, coiled barbed wire blocked the Palestinian siblings’ path to the village center.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Nyuyen’s compound was surrounded by a 12-ft wall of barbed wire and guard posts.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Some liners are solid and will catch more grease, while others are perforated to allow more air flow.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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The next day, while in a dissociative episode, Dunham put a large Q-tip in her ear and perforated her eardrum.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 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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Victor Glover described peering at the long shadows of the lunar terminator through a telephoto lens and suddenly feeling transported down to that airless, forbidding landscape and imagining himself off-road driving among jagged peaks.—
Andrew Chaikin,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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McMau maintains a level of jagged authenticity that implies there might well be a threat around every corner for both of his characters.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Prices for the goods and services Americans use the most spiked higher in March as the war in Iran unfolded.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Inflation rose three times faster in March than the previous month as the war in Iran spiked fuel prices, the Labor Department reported Friday, providing the government’s first look at the conflict’s economic effects.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The long-running series is enjoying its latest act on Netflix after previously airing on Fox and USA, tantalizing viewers by thrusting four couples due for a reckoning into an exotic locale overflowing with sultry singles whose only goal is to flirt.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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On the witness stand, Shandelle thrust her head back, demonstrating how Braddy’s hands gripped her throat.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Healey now has 30 days to reappoint a new CCC, which has been riddled with internal conflict for years.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Cyber specialists have long complained that companies treat security as an afterthought, and the result is online services and software that are riddled with bugs, handing hackers a possible way to infiltrate a computer system.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Reigns punched his way out of the submission hold and put Punk back in the guillotine.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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One youth later reported being punched and having their necklace damaged after the dispute escalated, per the news release.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Pronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronged. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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