poke
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Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
“How do we make fun of it in an avant-garde, punk, radical way? How do we poke holes at it?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
However Finucane added that this can be "undone very quickly whenever there is a momentum and an appetite to reopen and pull and push and poke at some very, very difficult and deep wounds".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Despite there being “plenty to poke fun at,” they note that it’s tough to dismiss SpaceX given its track record and the potential payoff of its plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Blades of grass poke through the inch-thick blanket of snow on the ground.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
A willowy, effervescent presence onstage, in video and in person, Dean pokes fun at herself often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In one, a female marmot known as “1” chases away a curious male named “G” as he pokes around her burrow, screeching as they go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
There’s a single-panel comic by the artist Paul Noth that pokes fun at researchers’ meek attempts.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
It sometimes occurs when a person sneezes or coughs vigorously, or pokes or rubs their eye.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
It walks beside you silently, jumps out at you meanly, pokes you awake at night.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Eight years later, “Showgirls” poked fun at the entertainment industry and America’s cultural prudishness.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
US First Lady Melania Trump poked fun Thursday at media speculation over her month away from the public eye and scrutiny over one of President Donald Trump's close aides.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Livestreamers still poked at it, passing on rumors and speculation, compounding the family’s pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He poked at the steps on a back stairway and the water-damaged tiles disintegrated like soggy saltines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Mrs. Beaver’s head poked up from the surface.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
At one protest, the cyclists were poking fun at Moctezuma’s group for being outnumbered, so she began counting how many passing drivers honked their horn in support, versus how many passing cyclists rang their bell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He spotted a begonia poking through a burned fence on his neighbor’s property and snapped a photo, and soon he was accumulating more and more similar images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Arsenal midfielder was notably pink in pre-tournament snaps, with fans on social media poking fun at his beetroot-red face and watch strap tan line.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Investors began to wonder whether it was all too good to be true, and started poking holes in the narrative.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Awesiinh plays with some seat cushion stuffing that’s poking out of a hole in the passenger seat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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