cone
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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 volcano could build a tuff cone with a long lived vent crater, or the new land could quickly collapse and erode away.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 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
Every time the local authority removed it, at a cost, the cone would reappear and appeals for it to stop only heightened resolve.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
“You kidnapped the original Duke. Does he have casts on three of his legs? A cone collar from the vet?”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
The department urged beachgoers not to cross safety cones, caution tape or barriers for their safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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
Vision begins when rods and cones in the retina detect light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Lamps hang from the ceiling over each table, casting cones of light.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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
The sliding half is coned and covered with leather as shown at c c, the outer half being coned to correspond.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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 Paull, Minnie E.
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