perforated
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In 1897, American inventor Edwin S. Votey invented the “Pianola,” a self-playing piano whose perforated paper rolls functioned much like computer punch cards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Robyn Goldie died after suffering a perforated duodenal ulcer.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 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
“I ended up going to the emergency room and I had a perforated appendix. Not quite burst, but just before it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
The front was, as I had once seen it in a dream, but a shell-like wall, very high and very fragile-looking, perforated with paneless windows: no roof, no battlements, no chimneys—all had crashed in.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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