Thesaurus results for SPINDLE

spindle

verb

Definition of spindle

as in to pink

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Recent Examples of spindle The pitching staff has been folded, spindled and mutilated but keeps on trucking. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Ask New England coach Mike Vrabel, too, whose rookie left side of tackle Will Campbell and guard Jared Wilson were folded and spindled too often by Seattle’s pass rushers. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026 Hollywood isn’t the first industry to get folded, spindled, and mutilated. — Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026 The Safavieh Parker Dining Chairs are the perfect mix of farmhouse and transitional style with their durable oak wood frame and spindle flat-back design. — Sanah Faroke, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023 For robots and things of that nature, servo motors for robots, but also spindle and stepper motors for various applications. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2022

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Verb

The whole point is to style it with other equally bold colors, from lime green to butter yellow to even pink.

— Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026
The extra attention paid to pink worked for Illinois, which ended a three-game losing streak at Iowa with a 31-7 victory.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of pink

Verb

People would spear these massive fish, some perhaps more than 6 feet (2 meters) in length and weighing 640 pounds (290 kilograms).

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Outside of the ring, Knight avoided Reigns’ attempt to spear him through the barricade.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of spear

Verb

Use the lancing device (with a new lancet each time) to obtain a drop of blood from the side of your fingertip.

— Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 30 June 2026
They were lanced by the Vegas Golden Knights, 5-1, and eliminated from the playoffs in Game 6 of their second-round series after falling behind by three goals in the first period.

— Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 May 2026

Definition of lance

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The pouches do not require spitting and are sold in multiple flavors, such as coffee, mint, fruit and seasonal options like pumpkin spice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Gardner-Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, appeared to spit in the direction of Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of spit

Verb

While the gold seemed all-but hers, Andrade came up short on her second vault, a comparatively simple Lopez vault, piking down and stepping over the line to incur a neutral deduction.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023

Definition of pike

Verb

Why Anthropic’s own gap between product and go-to-market is the template every enterprise will run through in the next thirty-six months.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Royal blue details run through the entryway and hallway, berry red dominates the kitchen, and the living room is lighter in tone.

— Valentina Lonati, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of run through

Verb

Sticker shock The DWP says its recent high bills are driven by spiking power use during the record-breaking summer heat, especially for air conditioning, not by rate increases.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
All forms of energy rising Retail gasoline and diesel prices have spiked to new highs this year, but they’re not expected to go up substantially higher from now.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of spike

Verb

As such, the greatest obstacle to genuine transformation is getting stuck in the planning cycle.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Chatten’s narrators are stuck in a perpetual apartness—desperate for safety and connection, but repeatedly failing to find it.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

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