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cone

[kohn] / koʊn /
NOUN
circular-shaped object with pointed end
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Russell’s befuddled Jackson is as useless as a traffic cone but Blunt’s Margaret is a gas before the movie makes her go all glassy-eyed and solemn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The prices are particularly eye-catching for an expensive city like New York—a $1.19 cone of soft-serve or $3.79 milk tea, for instance.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

"Rafa would say, 'right the ball's at cone A, the ball's at cone D, the ball's at cone F' and then we'd all have to run to where we should be."

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The bottom of the backlight is roughly 5 feet off the ground, making a typical traffic cone invisible from closer than about 35 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Molasses was always dripping down the sides, like ice cream melting down a cone.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis




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