puncture
Example Sentences
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The incident could also puncture the space stocks bubble, judging by how investors were reacting ahead of Friday’s opening bell.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Research published in Advanced Science found that this stretching method is more effective than earlier designs that attempted to puncture viruses.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Still, it does puncture the social media myth that this was a rebel’s wild stunt.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
But first, Atlantis Hospital referred the toddler to Euracare for pre-flight investigations, including an MRI and a spinal tap, or lumbar puncture.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
I take it in my hands, pull out the arrow, and hold the puncture in the crust to my nose, inhaling the fragrance that makes my mouth flood with saliva.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing puncture
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
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