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Recent Examples of skull
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The skull of a child found in the Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel suggested that interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may date to as early as 140,000 years ago.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
This leaves one big question: Why were people drilling into one another’s skulls 5,000 years ago in the first place?
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018
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Noun
Another expedition to the Weddell Sea in 2021 observed a vast colony of icefish, or Neopagetopsis ionah, with see-through skulls and transparent blood.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The skull of a child found in the Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel suggested that interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may date to as early as 140,000 years ago.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
This leaves one big question: Why were people drilling into one another’s skulls 5,000 years ago in the first place?
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skull
Noun
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The reconstructed cranium appeared large and long, with a broad and flat braincase, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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At one point, a character is forced to stand in front of an automatic football launcher and take a series of pigskins to the cranium, each of which is shot at him with increasing speed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The data came from the Human Connectome Project, an existing database that studies brain connectivity.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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What can brain researchers do with a Muse headband?—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Bron Breakker will reportedly spear LA Knight before turning his attention to his own leader, delivering a devastating spear to a surprised Seth Rollins.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Reed received help from his stablemate Bron Breakker, who speared everyone in his path, including Jimmy Uso through the barricade.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Detmers came in to face the top of the order and beaned Brandon Nimmo to load the bases for Francisco Lindor, who beat out a double play to score Alvarez, and stole second to put runners on second and third.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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Suárez fell behind 3-0 in the count to Ohtani, and on the next pitch, Suárez beaned Ohtani with a 100 mph fastball to the right shoulder.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
Verb
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Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Then — and this is important — she gets conked on the head and wakes up in an entirely different movie.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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Could there be any truth to the fan theory that Greg was hiding on the boat when Tanya killed Quentin and his minions, then fatally conked herself in the head while escaping?—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Blue Jays clubbed two home runs on two bad pitches from Snell.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The child swung wildly at the piñata, clubbing it several times and stabbing it several times more.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skull. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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