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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

Robertson noted that while Gordie Howe played with his "elbows up", he would also say that "the objective is to get the puck in the net".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Medicine Hat defensemen February 9 and February 14 dive to block the puck while January 10 looks on helplessly.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

I don’t expect restaurant owners to read this and order a fresh shipment of vibrating pucks.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The toasted sourdough crumbles, more ice shavings than proper pucks, also lowered the score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

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

“For real. The whole team. We’re all doing it. We'll see who has the most pucks stacked by the end of the year. You can’t let us call you Puckless.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely


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