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as in cranium
the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert

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Noun
And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet. Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019 The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it. Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
Verb
The tiny system is embedded in the densest bone in the body, deep within the base of the skull. Sushma Subramanian, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025 In January 2018, a human skull was found off Taylor Road near Sparta Pike close to Watertown. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for skull
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Noun
  • The man kept the Harbin cranium well hidden as he was instructed to hide it from the Japanese army.
    Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
  • There were also three unique variants of amino acids present on the cranium — amino acids that were also found on Denisova 3, a finger bone recovered from Denisova Cave in 2008.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Fielder, in typical fashion, takes hair brained ideas to the extreme.
    Matt Shaw, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Introduction May 7, 2025 biology brains cells memory molecular biology neurons neuroscience proteins All topics (opens a new tab) When Todd Sacktor (opens a new tab) was about to turn 3, his 4-year-old sister died of leukemia.
    Ajdina Halilovic, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • In 1999, a fisherman in Malaysia was killed after being speared by a houndfish, according to the Courier-Post.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • In 1999, a fishermen in Malaysia was killed after being speared by a houndfish.
    Dan Radel, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for Brady, who accidentally beaned a media buyer with an errant pass meant for Rob Gronkowski during Fox’s May 12 upfront presentation in New York.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • During a three-game series at Daikin Park, the Houston Astros right fielder clubbed two home runs, totaled four hits and drove in five runs.
    Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • Austin Wells homered later in the inning, and the Yankees ultimately won, 20-9, while clubbing a franchise-record nine home runs with a lineup full of torpedo bats.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skull. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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