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fork

[fawrk] / fɔrk /


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"Hardworking people shouldn't have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match," he wrote on X.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Acting somewhat like a microscopic tuning fork, the resonator can vibrate for two milliseconds.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Americans willing to fork over $1,000 or more for a smartphone overwhelmingly choose iPhones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

And it didn’t take much after that for USC to stick a fork in Fresno State.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

At Tillie’s comment, a fork clatters onto the table and then the floor.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

We’d eat it with forks, still dressed in our wedding finery.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Carpets, washing machines, furniture, fridges and even knives, forks and spoons are set to have tariffs applied by Canada.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Because we are turning 70 and have license to let loose, we order a single dessert with six forks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The researchers found that excess EXO1 destabilizes newly formed DNA through two main mechanisms, expanding single-stranded DNA gaps and degrading reversed replication forks.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

In the top drawer Marly found dingy, blackened spoons and forks and knives.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

Another time, Brown said a scammer tried to direct him to a “background check” site where he would have forked over $30 and a boatload of valuable data.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

By flicking their forked tongues, they collect chemical signals from the air that help them locate potential prey.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

At least a dozen people forked over approximately $190,000 to Bloom in 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department previously told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Some were so enticed by Koh they forked over copies of their ID cards, which then got used by other North Korean IT workers to grab more work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Here and there the bigger path forked into a smaller one.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

But instead of forking over $30 for the piece of plastic, he spent a few cents on filament and cranked out a custom solution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

And they could only leave after forking out a toll for safe passage.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

The donors who’ve been forking it over are questioning whether Cornyn has plateaued.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026

The only potential glitch in his 24-hour trip was that he had to avoid forking out for a hotel, which could have added an extra £400 to his bill.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Our best hope, I thought, was to lose them in this forking maze of tunnels.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs


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