pierce

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The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The noise is deafening: Horns blare, whistles pierce the piercing cold.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Stocks may find it challenging to pierce through higher longer-term bond rates heading into 2026 especially given that U.S. equities already trade at expensive valuations and broader indexes are largely led by rate-sensitive tech companies.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Scotland's bill covers all beauty and wellbeing treatments that pierce or penetrate the skin.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

I felt her gaze pierce through the white clapboard and the pink wallpaper roses and uncover me, crouching there behind the silver pickets of the radiator.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath