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spindled

verb

past tense of spindle

as in impaled

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Just as Wolvie is hot on their trail, he’s impaled by a harpoon and the demo sadly comes to an end.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Rhaenyra is called into her chambers to find the window open, and Helaena impaled dead on the spikes below, one spike garrishly sticking out of her neck.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

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His parents were fatally stabbed in their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood in December.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
An Australian teen was stabbed repeatedly in an apparently largely unprovoked attack early Monday morning inside a McDonald's in New York City, police sources said.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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Pelicans swooped overhead and night herons, with spiky yellow feathers flying from their heads, goofily pecked the grass for insects.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026

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Throughout the ceremony, Maher was honored as a champion for free expression, with humor that skewered the right and the left.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 July 2026
On his June 16 show, the comedian skewered Trump over the green appearance of the water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has been overrun with algae after a recent renovation.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 17 June 2026

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Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
While driving around the town of Tremont in a sleek red Model S, an unnamed driver hit an object on the road which punctured the vehicle’s lithium-ion battery, local station WABI5 reported.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026

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Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Two of the points on the rear treble hook were jabbed deeply into the flesh on the outside of the pike’s mouth.

— Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026

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In another, a Florida man was gored and injured by a bison in the Lake Village area, where restaurants and hotels are located.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
One runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain’s San Fermin festival on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

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