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puck

[puhk] / pʌk /


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It is so gruelling that its Asia tournament in Hong Kong was billed as "physical hell", with player Leo Lines admitting that "anyone that's got the puck" is going through "some level of suffering".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

On busy nights, I’d estimate the wait, scribble down a last name, party size and pager number in black pen, then hand over a pleasantly hefty plastic puck.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

In my office: an Underwood No. 5 typewriter and a hockey puck in a Plexiglas case — the actual puck from the only goal I ever scored playing college hockey, in 1977.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

And they differ from Apple Vision Pro - which is mainly designed for use at home - as they do not require a wire connected to a "puck", or battery pack.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

He handed me one of the knit hats that was shaped like a big hockey puck.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

It has tubs of brown butter, frozen flat or portioned into little pucks, ready to make a weeknight bowl of noodles taste as if someone planned better than you did.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

The pucks are featured in an “Olympics ‘26” display that also contains a hockey stick used by Brady Tkachuk of the U.S. team and a U.S. jersey worn by four-time Olympian Hilary Knight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

While his body may be moving slower, the pucks he launches toward goal most definitely are not.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2025

There are periods in any given day when my kids have the energy of pucks flying across an air hockey table.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024

“Like, if I had a stack of pucks for every goal I scored.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely


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