poking

Example Sentences

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This person, and many others, hear the name Erewhon and assume I’m poking fun at it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Investors began to wonder whether it was all too good to be true, and started poking holes in the narrative.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

When I’m analyzing a problem early on, I want to be testing every scenario, poking around for where I could be wrong.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

When the 39-year-old father returned home, he began poking around a site called BrickLink to track down missing Lego pieces for his old sets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The couch was tattered and stained, with stuffing poking out of the cushions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly