puncture
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The Amazon price hikes on the older chips does puncture the argument laid out by some investors, like Michael Burry, that the company is not properly depreciating its microchip assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
A stinger is a portable spike strip used to puncture the tyres of a vehicle.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
First, doctors make a small puncture in an artery, usually in the groin, and feed a catheter up into the patient’s heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
What about Alex Honnold — his candor is refreshing but he still seems eager to puncture Dean’s mystique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
The puncture must have happened only seconds before—Maddie could still hear the air hissing out of the inner tube.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
In the new study, researchers examined several kinds of depressions, punctures, holes, and grooves that appeared to have been left by teeth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Bites often leave punctures or furrows in bone, but disease, insects, weathering, and erosion can create similar features.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Another is radio-frequency microneedling, which combines tiny punctures with heat to reduce the appearance of lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I have to do more blood work, or lumbar punctures, to rule out meningitis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The doctor ran tests, so many tests, so many punctures in the little girl’s arms, so many tubes hooked here and there.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
A powerful drive by Kane James punctured a hole in Bath's defence with Iosefa-Scott eventually able to pick and go for the prop's second try in two games.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Plus, on all foldables, that interior screen comes with trade-offs: The flexible panel has a soft polymer top layer that can be easily punctured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A tenth consecutive winning week looked locked in prior to a series of quarterly updates on Wednesday that punctured a hole in the AI trade that has powered markets higher since the end of March.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
His top hat lies in the straw beside him, punctured, as though he’d put a foot through it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
According to the company website, the glove is designed to disrupt sensory nerves without puncturing or burning the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
That’s a program I would support, in addition to puncturing the bubble.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
AFP journalists saw devotees deliberately puncturing their skin with glass shards attached to a small wooden paddle to ensure their bleeding during the ritual, a way to atone for sins and seek miracles from God.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The vessel was now surrounded on all sides by small islands of ice capable of puncturing the hull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
We dash from one end to the other, waving our arms like little kids, puncturing the silence with cheerful shouts.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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