poke

Will your question invite helpful suggestions, or, unbeknownst to you, poke a bear who is exhausted by people making this same mistake over and over?

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Even though we believed these theories to be true, it's important to have an experimental realization, something you can poke and prod," Alicea says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Maybe set the alarm for 3am and just poke your head out the window and see what you think the chances are," Hall said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

We’d poke around, trying our luck this way and that, running out of air and diving back down again and again.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

As Ashim pokes through her things—a Penguin edition of new American plays, records by Joan Baez and the Rolling Stones—he finds himself increasingly bewitched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This accent change is also something Kennedy gifts to Róisín and the book pokes at the very pronunciation of her name, "Rawsheen" in the north, but "Rowsheen" in the south.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Sermarini wasn’t aware of the trend when he named his company in 2023, but its marketing content now pokes fun at over-the-top looksmaxxing, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

While details about “The New One’s” story remain under wraps, the studio did offer attendees a glimpse of the film with a new trailer that pokes fun at the current state of the industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

The doctor, a man old enough to be someone's grandfather, reads my information in the computer system and pokes at the bump on my head.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Eight years later, “Showgirls” poked fun at the entertainment industry and America’s cultural prudishness.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

On stage, she gracefully offset the blond bombshell image she both cultivated and poked fun at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Anne Hathaway has poked fun at those who suggested her baby bump didn't look real after a recent film premiere, telling them she had "fake hair, real bump".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The volunteer had barely put down the tomato when a small beak poked out from a bush and dashed towards it in an abandoned garden in fire-ravaged southwest France.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

He poked his head into one of the moving boxes.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

It’s the reason so many of us walk to our cars with our keys poking through our fingers, why we tense up when someone walks too closely behind us on a dark street.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

“For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” Johnson’s Trump told Mamdani, poking fun at the unlikely rapport between the president and the democratic socialist mayor.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Seething at his dad for poking at his body insecurities, the comedian dealt with his emotions like any good millennial — by podcasting about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

I spent some of the newfound time poking in drawers, filing cabinets and closets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

I see Lily’s pigtails poking around the corner, but she makes the wise decision to stay in the hallway.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller