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cone

noun as in circular-shaped object with pointed end

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This begins with buds that are ringed in white paper cones that protect the baby plant as it grows.

“I just thought, there’s no way someone would want to smell like ice cream and waffle cones all day,” said Anthony.

Dashcam footage from a driver showed him using the hard shoulder and a lane closed to traffic by cones so workers could maintain the roadside.

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He knocked over several traffic cones by the school and then drove away, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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The only traffic control was a few cones placed along the highway’s shoulder.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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