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These tests prod and poke the children, creating lots of anxiety and taking away from the joy of learning.

People online have been attempting to poke holes in the science of Interstellar.

As that clip played, Camille leaned over and gave her husband a playful poke in the ribs.

But when the pageant itself starts to poke fun at the contestants, organizers should expect that they will lose all credibility.

Lately, Richard Dawkins seems to scan the world for sore spots, take a good poke, and revel in the ensuing outcry.

She wore an old poke bonnet and carried a crooked stick, and there seemed to be a hump upon her back.

The hump-backed little figure with poke-bonnet and cane was chased out upon the broken landing.

"Mr. Mudge requires no hat where he is now," continued the doctor, stooping to poke the fire.

Whenever a potato lit up dangerously she gave it a poke into a new position.

Because it's so much pleasanter, in a small library like this, to poke about by one's self—with the help of the librarian.