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I have fully internalized that lesson and very rarely poke into any comment threads nowadays.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2021

Kilmarnock ought to have halved the deficit when a set-piece fell at the feet of Nicke Kabamba six yards out, but he could only poke into the hands of Hazard.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2020

Maradona basically weaved around and through half of the England team, starting from just his side of midfield, and finishing his slalom run with a short poke into the net as he fell.

From Washington Times • Nov. 26, 2020

Jonathan hires Perry, as he often does, to poke into the bungled kidnapping and find what the cops missed — which, whaddya know, turns out to be plenty.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

He felt a rib poke into his back.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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