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cone

[kohn] / koʊn /
NOUN
circular-shaped object with pointed end
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Her name was her brand, and so, too, was her profile: the full bosom and tiny waist, platinum wig and baubles like sprinkles on an ice cream cone, 5 feet tall standing in five-inch heels.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

The 31-year-old Mexican tourist walked out with a cone of vanilla and chocolate swirl soft serve.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The new findings suggest that the cone pattern in the foveola is established through a coordinated sequence of events early in fetal development.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

The cone of silence that’s followed the wedding is the only place in which these dueling Swifts can freely coexist.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

“I saw you eat that waffle cone, and I think I grabbed you by accident under the kitchen sink.”

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Park staff have also collected more than 14,000 seeds released from the pine cones.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Airbus has similarly shut two sites in Salaunes and Mérignac, where it makes critical components ranging from cockpit seat structures to fuselage sections, nose cones and wing flaps for its lineup of commercial aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

They were formed with cones, shipping pallets, chairs, trash bins, or even neighbors inside a traffic circle.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

But nowadays, the formerly sleepy streets are awash with diggers, orange construction cones and out-of-state license plates.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

After another dance number by the tapping ice-cream cones, Jim and Barry stepped up to the microphone.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

Visitors to the GoMA can also part with £15 to get their hands on a coned Duke of Wellington tote bag or £20 for a T-shirt.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Forensic teams remained at the scene on Sunday, and one lane of the eastbound carriageway was coned off.

From BBC May 24, 2026

The hole covering was unmarked and “not coned off nor identified in any way,” the complaint says.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2023

The ski-slope pre-credit sequence ought to be scooped and coned; and the climactic mine-shaft explosion looks like it cost a lot of money and geology.

From New York Times May 28, 2020

If c be loosened from contact with the radial face of a, then c′ may be screwed up, drawing b through the coned hole in a, and, therefore, causing its bore to close upon s.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

Safe Street Rebel describes what it does as "coning" and some of its videos have gone viral.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2023

Speaking to the Standard, an unnamed Waymo spokesperson called the coning “vandalism” that “encourages unsafe and disrespectful behavior on our roadways.”

From Slate Jul. 11, 2023

“I was born and raised in Southern California. I’m going to help my people out, especially when people are coning to me.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2018

Justin Bieber is a drive-thru jerk: Justin Bieber, prince of pranks, tapes himself "coning" a poor Wendy's employee.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2011

"I was just coning to look for you, Ruby dear," said Aunt Emma, as her little niece opened the door.

From Ruby at School by Minnie E. Paull




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