pungled (up)

past tense of pungle (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pungled (up)
Verb
  • The singer ordered 30 pizzas to be delivered to the line of fans outside New York City’s Central Park, handed out by members of her team — including her dad!
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Teen and young adult volunteers handed out water bottles, staffed information booths and hyped up the crowd.
    Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Like any good Sheridan show, gratuitous violence and clichéd wisdom are doled out with abandon, the spoonful of sugar to help the medicine—in this case ranching gone awry—go down.
    Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill gave about $10 billion to NASA to be doled out over six years, but much of those funds are earmarked for specific purposes.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Pimentel’s analysis does factor in gratuities which are paid to roles that support guest services, such as cabin stewards, waiters in the dining room and others.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Small businesses often struggle with diverse operational demands like bookkeeping, payroll and marketing, lacking resources and economies of scale for in-house specialists or paid third party services.
    Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Skunks would rather put up with the strong scent of mothballs than leave a hospitable environment, making mothballs totally ineffective against skunks.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 1 July 2026
  • Palo Alto Networks stock has put up 70 unanswered points dating back to last Thursday, a stretch that has seen the stock rally 24%.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The pre-teen was pronounced dead at the scene, and an alert was issued to locate his father, who was located in his vehicle by Connecticut State Police troopers and turned over to the Branford Police Department, per the release.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • The city, county and state all issued local emergency declarations in the days following the fire.
    City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Additional contracts covering demolition work and new water infrastructure near the tunnel site are also ready to be tendered.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
  • UniCredit's bid for Commerzbank has been challenged by the German bank, which said on June 10 that no institutional investors have tendered.
    Sean Conlon,Alex Harring,Justina Lee, CNBC, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • The memorial grounds offered the rabbi a new form of connection with her child.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • News crews, Venezuelan officials and nearby residents were drawn to a remarkable scene that offered a glimmer of hope amid the country’s otherwise dystopian tableau.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The game changer was a move to fermentation in stainless-steel tanks or neutral wood barrels, which imparted fewer oak characteristics to the wines.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
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“Pungled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pungled%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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