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Praying for a rain delay, I found myself innings deep into “Team Moms: Baseball” before realizing that, like Bryce Harper looking at a ghost fork, I’d fallen victim to my own myopia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
If a normal-sized tuning fork had the same relative ability to sustain vibrations, it would continue ringing for several hours.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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
She said the swap event helped families from having to "fork out" on uniforms.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
As it reached that fork where the rivers meet, the bookcase got caught up on some rocks.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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I’m at a point in my own life where much of my time is consumed by this very thought, facing forks in the road that feel more like cliffs.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 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
The forks, knives and spoons we use affect us more than we may consciously realize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
He forks a bit of peas and mashed potatoes into his mouth.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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In 2022, the singer forked over $3.4 million for Cara and Poppy Delevingne’s Hollywood Hills property.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 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
The vast sums being forked out to pay for the tickets alone and criticism of Fifa's dynamic pricing strategy, which raises prices when demand is high, have been well-documented.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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
Bobby Gene pulled the roll of bills from his pocket and forked them over.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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A free school uniform swap has been set up by two mums who want to help stop families from "forking out" on "expensive" clothing.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
No. Endlessly forking over subscription dollars for app content seems like too much.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Other shoppers are forking over less on goods like clothing, furniture and sports equipment, which have risen in price over the past year, according to federal data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
And they could only leave after forking out a toll for safe passage.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
I found myself forking over a twenty, and then another in a few days.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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