pungles (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pungle (up)
as in forks (over, out, or up)

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  1. hands out
  2. issues
  3. pays
  4. aids
  5. imparts
  6. offers
  7. extends
  8. benefits
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  • In addition to the Supporting Actor and Actress in a Limited/Anthology series, the FKA Creative Arts ceremony hands out the awards for guest acting in comedy and drama, performance in a short-form series, and character voiceover performance.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026
  • Twin Farms in Vermont hands out Stave wooden puzzles that change with the seasons, while Baccarat Hotel New York has given VIP guests crystal pieces special enough to become family heirlooms.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of hands out
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  • The rising federal debt is expected to push up interest rates as the government issues ever-larger numbers of Treasury bonds in an effort to fund federal spending.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That’s a pretty specific number; the intelligence community almost never issues such precise figures, instead offering ranges of plausible guesses.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of issues
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  • Medicaid, the federal-state program that covers healthcare for low-income families, pays for at least 40% of births nationwide.
    — Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The main hall is 329 years old and the roof leaks, and a temple at the head of a pilgrimage route doesn't generate the kind of money that pays for a roof.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of pays
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  • Under Nevada law, someone who aids or abets a crime—or encourages, hires, commands, or otherwise induces another person to commit it—can be prosecuted as a principal.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2026
  • That’s according to Nithin Mummaneni, CEO of Infinity Loop, a negotiation intelligence platform that aids enterprises in negotiating better terms with the manufacturers that make their products.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids
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  • For anyone asking whether this kind of analysis—unequal parts interpretation, speculation, and evaluation—will save a worrying figure, the query imparts its own futility.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This is the property of liquid that imparts an upward force to an object against gravity’s downward pull.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
Definition of imparts
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  • Amazon sales data from Market Defense tracked in early July over the previous 12 months offers a snapshot of brands gaining traction among parents shopping for babies and children.
    — Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For ships that did not book a slot in advance, the Canal Authority typically offers three-to-five daily slots for auction.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of offers
Verb
  • This design keeps wet dust and salt fog away from sensitive internal electronics, which extends the operational service life of the hardware to ten years and lowers maintenance requirements.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Seniors search for alternatives The impact extends to older swimmers as well.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of extends
Verb
  • Treating conversions as first-class artifacts, with the same signing and inventory discipline, benefits the labs, the packagers and the enterprises that depend on both.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For example, assuming a worker's productivity does not drop by 1% over one year, but their real wages fall by the same amount, a company benefits from that same productivity but is paying wages that are 1% lower.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of benefits
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