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Those two points alone poke a major hole in the popular “Americans are living paycheck to paycheck” narrative.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Then you realize, young people just poke at things that are supposed to be already certain and decided. And that’s a good thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Will your question invite helpful suggestions, or, unbeknownst to you, poke a bear who is exhausted by people making this same mistake over and over?

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Even though we believed these theories to be true, it's important to have an experimental realization, something you can poke and prod," Alicea says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Not like mine, which poke out at all the wrong angles in places.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Pegula: "Conchita pokes her and eggs on her behaviour."

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

This accent change is also something Kennedy gifts to Róisín and the book pokes at the very pronunciation of her name, "Rawsheen" in the north, but "Rowsheen" in the south.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The main ad’s language about “betting” pokes at larger prediction markets’ position that their users aren’t gambling, but trading in event contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“And, in fact, it will take more visits and more pokes in the arm, literally, for children to do this.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Jay’s head pokes out from under the comforter.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

As I poked and prodded the Pro’s display, the question on my mind was: If and when a touch screen comes to the MacBook Air and other models, what will I do with it?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Kessler, standing nearby during Williams’ postgame news conference, poked his head out from behind a black curtain and gave his teammate a thumbs-up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Eventually, Abbas poked the pace of Josh Tongue to point before Razaullah was stumped off Lawrence from the final ball of the day to leave Pakistan 453 all out.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Eight years later, “Showgirls” poked fun at the entertainment industry and America’s cultural prudishness.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Lily the calf poked her head through the railing and said, “What about Brightbill?”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

Instead the AI invented several bizarre concoctions, from bacon and eggs floating in a glass of cola - a confusion between "soda" and "soda bread" - to chips poking out of muffins.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

And William Contreras fought off a low slider, poking it into shallow left field to tie the score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It’s the reason so many of us walk to our cars with our keys poking through our fingers, why we tense up when someone walks too closely behind us on a dark street.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

“For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” Johnson’s Trump told Mamdani, poking fun at the unlikely rapport between the president and the democratic socialist mayor.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

I turned my attention to my supper and sniffed curiously, poking at the brown hunks with my spoon.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan