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The winner takes home a turnip impaled on a rusty six inch nail in a block of wood as a trophy and a blue plaque.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

The original “money-grubbers” earned their living selling squirming insect larvae impaled on sticks for snacks.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros



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