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cone

[kohn] / koʊn /
NOUN
circular-shaped object with pointed end
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In the tourist traps of the 5th and 7th, it has been turned into an oversize ice-cream cone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

At one moment the orbiter looks alive — with its black, doglike cone nose and deep nostrils.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"For years, research has shown that people often mistake a wider cone for a bigger storm," Ray said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

For much of the series, $3.49 got you a tape at participating McDonald’s, alongside a small vanilla cone or Diet Coke.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The ice cream truck just passed and we both bought an ice cream cone.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Many are framed by garlands of ripe-for-the-picking fruits and vegetables and assorted vegetation such as pine cones, a rare instance of still-life in sculpture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Researchers discovered shatter cones in numerous rock outcrops.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Traffic cones have been placed around the crater, and AFP reported that waves pounding the sea front can be seen "lapping in the hole and rushing out again under the stanchions that support the home".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The streets are jammed with people running errands or licking ice cream cones and soaking up the last days of summer.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

It consists of a cylindrical chuck fitting from a to b into the coned hole in the live spindle so as to be driven thereby.

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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