as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it
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Recent Examples of spears
Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
Paired with zucchini spears and pine nuts, your tongue tussles with pillowy soft textures and crunch.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Asparagus boasts 89 micrograms (mcg) of folate per four spears.
—Molly Burford, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Just like tajín, chamoy makes a delicious accent for watermelon, jicama and cucumber spears.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
This super creamy, cheesy casserole lets the crispy asparagus spears shine.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
Paired with zucchini spears and pine nuts, your tongue tussles with pillowy soft textures and crunch.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Asparagus boasts 89 micrograms (mcg) of folate per four spears.
—Molly Burford, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Just like tajín, chamoy makes a delicious accent for watermelon, jicama and cucumber spears.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spears
Verb
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Alex breaks free and, in a panic, repeatedly stabs Evelyn with the syringe.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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At a handful of locations, these spikes extended out to nearly a meter, looking more like lances than anything needed to ward off a close-in attack.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That was true when there were committee picks figuring into the mix, and true since those were done away with.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Shop picks from Kelly Clarkson, Martha Stewart, Joanna Gaines’ home lines, and more while prices start just $15.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Her infectious laugh regularly pierces the newsroom noise.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the show's greatest asset is its stars, whose endearing real-life friendship pierces through the play’s inherent despair.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Unlike the film's 1931 predecessor, del Toro promised that his Frankenstein sticks more closely to the original text.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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That always sticks in my head now, something like that coming from a legend like that.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Haggard jabs Baird over mailers The race is already tense.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Spears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spears. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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