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When a female mosquito bites, it uses specialized mouthparts to pierce through the skin of its chosen host and into the blood vessels.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

During charging, tiny tree-like structures called dendrites can grow from the lithium anode, pierce the solid electrolyte, and create internal short circuits.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

I’m choosing to pierce through all the ugly noise that surrounds the tournament and remember what it’s like watching your first World Cup as a child.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Some courts may be less willing to extend trust protections in such cases, though courts do not routinely pierce spendthrift protections simply because the underlying conduct of a beneficiary was wrongful.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

She would trust her own instincts, which she now knew to be right, and develop a shell so hard that nothing could pierce it, not even being deserted by Salvador.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

As we talk, on occasion the screeching call of a toucan pierces the quiet, and miles above, the same giant black birds hover menacingly in groups, surveying everything below.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Antonio Obá’s painting of a monk-like horseman at Mendes Wood DM, his copper-hued cloak glimmering under a turquoise sky while his gaze pierces the viewer, is a small master class in paint-handling and color theory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

When gold pierces through supply growth by 50%-plus — compared with gold-mining output up around 1% — something is being questioned.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

Surprisingly, given the depths of era-specific repression he’s achieved in previous features “Moffie” and “Living,” Hermanus struggles here to convey as much when full-throated expression pierces the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

A beep from my pod’s control panel pierces my ears.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Archaeologists recently uncovered jewelry that included a pierced deer tooth and beads, all carbon dated to around 11,000 years ago.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

I struggled to regain my composure after the first shock wave pierced my heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

But as birth mother to Kelly and her brother, her approval had to be given for things such as the children going on holiday abroad or having their ears pierced.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Every design-meets-fashion head’s dream is having a pierced mouth clutch molded out of a rigid wood, no?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Heather—who is so lucky—got her ears pierced for Christmas, so we’ve got to hit Claire’s for new earrings.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

There’s a serious, piercing look on De’Andre Kirkpatrick’s face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

In a fire, any person expects to hear the piercing blare of a smoke alarm, yet not a single detector sounded that night.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

One piercing at Studs costs $40 before jewelry, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Monty Norman's surf guitar riff and John Barry's sweeping orchestral scores spawned an entire genre of spy music – full of minor key suspense and piercing stabs of trumpet.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Two’s red eyes shined with a fear so piercing, it sent a shiver up Clare’s spine.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman