perforated
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The barb on Mr. King’s hook, sharpened by Mr. Flanagan, is how Carrie’s buoyant expectations, and ours, are so gleefully perforated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
She started by securing the property’s front entrance with recycled perforated screens and new landscaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
Robyn Goldie died after suffering a perforated duodenal ulcer.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
I started doing research into really nerdy stuff, and the perforated walls you see in the dark corridors are shipping pallets.”
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
The tag was like a salt cracker, perforated down its middle so that a strong man could snap it in two with his bare hands.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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