as in stabbing
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
pins used for transpiercing specimens kept under glass
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Corona Police shot and killed a man accused of stabbing a woman to death inside an apartment Thurday morning.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026 -
And a condition in which people experience unpleasant skin sensations such as burning, stabbing or a feeling like an electrical shock occurred in about 23% of those taking the higher dose of Wegovy versus 6% of those taking the lower dose and less than 1% in people who received a placebo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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But tungsten prices are particularly volatile during wartime – it’s used in armor-piercing artillery.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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The ongoing investigation, led by Reisig, is sprawling, involving dozens of search warrants and arrests in Los Angeles County and Crescent City aimed at piercing the black-market world of fireworks that fueled the blast.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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John Martinez, who spent his childhood summers working on his knees picking prunes that would shake from the trees along Capitol Avenue, remembers Chavez attending a community dance to thank everyone for raising money to help the poor.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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So the smell of fresh fruit evokes memories of my mom picking lemons and grapefruit and bringing them into the kitchen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Yet the film also exits on a note of extreme sublimity, courtesy of a final-shot callback puncturing the realism that’s defined Late Shift up to that point.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2026
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Traditionally, Oscars hosts have been at their best when puncturing the pretensions of the stars in attendance, but for the most part, host Conan O’Brien bought into their sense of their own righteousness.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The victim tried to flee, but a witness who saw the altercation told police that the suspects made jabbing motions towards the victim’s body.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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O'Brien wasted no time roasting Chalamet during his monologue, jabbing the superstar within minutes.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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The arrangements are not exactly the same as last year, however, as Dylan fans were surprised to hear his band sticking only to acoustic guitars and not electrics during the year’s opening shows.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Big Jay wasn’t as free range, sticking close to the Kansas cheerleaders.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Transpiercing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpiercing. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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