perforated
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The barb on Mr. King’s hook, sharpened by Mr. Flanagan, is how Carrie’s buoyant expectations, and ours, are so gleefully perforated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He was a security guard based at South Quay Docklands at the time of the explosion in February 1996, which blew him off his feet and perforated his ear drums.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
In her two-minute video, Jackson explained that the “really loud whistle” from her nose comes from her perforated septum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
I started doing research into really nerdy stuff, and the perforated walls you see in the dark corridors are shipping pallets.”
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
“Or a slow leak from a perforated bowel. Car accident, right?”
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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