puncturing

present participle of puncture

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of puncturing Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel. Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025 These posts implicitly criticize the government by puncturing its narrative of economic progress. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puncturing
Verb
  • With piercing rumbles, flickering gleams and heaps of fan interaction, Cain's concert felt more like an interactive theatrical experience.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The piercing pops from the firearm were replaced by a different kind of cacophony.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Another video appeared to show a person pointing at the windows of a drawing of a church, then stabbing it with a knife.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • John and Penny’s guilt Elizabeth deduces that the unidentified bones in the cemetery belong to Peter Mercer (Will Stevens), the boyfriend of the stabbing victim whose murder the TMC is investigating at the start of the story.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Renewed federal support for drilling in the US, combined with languid global oil demand and increasing drilling by OPEC countries, has pushed oil prices to their lowest level since the pandemic.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • To fill out context, development costs in 2020 for drilling production and injection wells and production facilities lie in a range of $3 - $5 billion in GOA.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gunn starts jabbing his fingers into Corenswet’s chest.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Just jabbing people in the eye with a stick for the pleasure of it.
    Elizabeth Kaye Cook August 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But a federal judge ruled against the police agency, concluding there was sufficient evidence to proceed to trial — including a neighbor's cell phone video that captured a trooper punching the man in the face and slamming him to the ground.
    Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • While the employees of Dunder Mifflin largely were just punching a clock, the Truth Teller staff enjoys their work.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many Iranians wonder why their government spends so much money and effort on picking fights with Israel, the United States, and their allies, rather than on fixing its own corruption.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There were a few of us who liked both the Eagles and X during those transitional years, but mostly people were picking one wave and not all of them.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gavras, working from a script he co-wrote with Pulitzer-finalist playwright Will Arbery, seems to be poking fun at the vacuous postures of the oligarch class, just as Ruben Östlund and many other filmmakers have in recent years.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • New Bayern Munich signing Luis Díaz strolled down the left flank before cutting inside and poking a cross along the six-yard line.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wednesday confronts Bianca, who is bewildered about her Siren-song not sticking; Wednesday is taking control of things now and Bianca needs to trust her.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • What was sticking closer to home in roles about?
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Puncturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puncturing. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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