transpierce

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Verb
  • But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Harrison stabs Prater with the needle and knocks the billionaire out.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Forensic analysis of the bets placed, though, was enough to pick holes in the FA’s evidence.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Big Sky, Montana Swift and Kelce have previously gone on romantic retreats to Big Sky – even being linked to the highly exclusive, members-only Yellowstone Club – so the couple could pick the luxurious mountain community as a serene wedding destination.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fatal knife wound pierced Martin's sternum before going into his heart.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hospitals overflowing with patients ripped by shrapnel and pierced by bullets.
    Brendan Rascius, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That moment punctured the membrane between past and present for me.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Part art, part wishful history, and part showmanship that only careful materials science could puncture.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a city of 20 million people, where most sidewalks are dilapidated, getting stuck in slow-moving traffic can sound as loud as a rock concert.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Caribbean Club This dive bar in Key Largo is stuck in the 1960s in the best way possible.
    Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Indian bucks would climb upon the rats’ huge nests — piles of sticks and rubbish as much as 10 feet high — and jab with long poles till the rats ran out.
    Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In a post on X, Massie jabbed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for his lack of support over the bill.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His illness has limited him to light catch play over the past few days, and the shift in plans meant some slight alterations to his routine, which Ireton ran through with club security.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The grain refers to the direction of the muscle fibers running through your steak.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Transpierce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpierce. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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