cone
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Will he break the cone of silence and tell us what he thinks?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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 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
Unlike the rest of the retina, where all three cone types are present, the foveola contains only red and green cones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Its misty cone of light shone on a dumpster.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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
Traffic cones are set back from the crater, which appears to be perilously close to swallowing the house's double garage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
My mouth watered at the memory of double-dip cones on hot summer afternoons, sticky and cold and sweet.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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
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
“Right where the hole goes in, it slopes, and it’s flattened out, and it coned back down, and that was where some really loose sediment was, and I could stick my hands into it.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2018
The hub of the clutch is coned to fit a coned recess in the hubs of the two pinions.
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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