piercing

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Notice that the pattern of higher lows made last May, July, and September, marked by a bullish piercing line, a spinning top, and a doji, was broken in March.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

"The most obvious indicator of device quality is the shape of the resonances and we want them to be deep and narrow, like a needle piercing through the signal background," Erikson said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Malinin was among those in the crowd who gave Liu - the alt girl with her iconic halo hair and lip piercing - a standing ovation as she wrote herself into Olympic folklore.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

With blonde horizontal stripes dyed into her black hair and a piercing in her upper lip, the 20-year-old Liu is putting an alternative spin on figure skating.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The horse and the young man swam through the piercing cold water.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin