poke
Example Sentences
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“You always hear, ‘Don’t poke the bear, don’t instigate them,’ but that’s not how you deal with a bully,” Soto-Martínez replied.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
But any inaccuracies could open the door for defence attorneys to poke holes in the case, he warned.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
What is just as bad, in her view, are those dog walkers who do pick up after their dogs but then just poke the bags into the wall to avoid carrying them.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Yeboah bettered that in the 67th minute, taking advantage of another defensive breakdown to poke a pass from Tomás Chancalay at the left post by Marcinkowski.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
He could quote lines from his favorite comedies, like Caddyshack, or poke fun at someone who was too pretentious or willfully ignorant.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing poke
Because of Winn-Dixie
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"On the Menu" and "Find the Adaptations"
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