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
Spider bites leave small puncture marks on the skin.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Still, it does puncture the social media myth that this was a rebel’s wild stunt.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
“How wonderful! Gnome saliva is enormously beneficial!” said Mr. Lovegood, seizing Luna’s outstretched finger and examining the bleeding puncture marks.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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