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"Even though we believed these theories to be true, it's important to have an experimental realization, something you can poke and prod," Alicea says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Its body will coil around the museum’s gallery, lobby and atrium, and poke through the walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda, meanwhile, invoked the viral protest catchphrase "waste-guna-huiya" - a deliberately nonsensical meme popularised during the demonstrations - to poke fun at the government.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

"I am grateful you saved my life. But you did poke me kind of hard."

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

As Ashim pokes through her things—a Penguin edition of new American plays, records by Joan Baez and the Rolling Stones—he finds himself increasingly bewitched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This accent change is also something Kennedy gifts to Róisín and the book pokes at the very pronunciation of her name, "Rawsheen" in the north, but "Rowsheen" in the south.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A willowy, effervescent presence onstage, in video and in person, Dean pokes fun at herself often.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

“And, in fact, it will take more visits and more pokes in the arm, literally, for children to do this.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

He pokes her, saying, “Ch-cheer up. Where’s your Chr-Christmas spirit?”

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Eight years later, “Showgirls” poked fun at the entertainment industry and America’s cultural prudishness.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

US First Lady Melania Trump poked fun Thursday at media speculation over her month away from the public eye and scrutiny over one of President Donald Trump's close aides.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

As Pakistan number three Shan Masood poked, Brook, who has shown himself a canny tactician as white-ball captain, suggested a reinforced gully region.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Sheep in the Box” suggests that, not long from now, these psychic wounds may be poked anew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

She poked her head around the corner of the barn and said, “Jay Berry, if you and Mama and Papa catch those monkeys, I’ll hold the sack for you.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” Johnson’s Trump told Mamdani, poking fun at the unlikely rapport between the president and the democratic socialist mayor.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Gay needs to establish himself at the top of the England order and played handsome drives in his 33 before poking Mohammad Ali to second slip.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

At one protest, the cyclists were poking fun at Moctezuma’s group for being outnumbered, so she began counting how many passing drivers honked their horn in support, versus how many passing cyclists rang their bell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Investors began to wonder whether it was all too good to be true, and started poking holes in the narrative.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The couch was tattered and stained, with stuffing poking out of the cushions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly