poke

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The former Oracle employee’s comedy—which can poke fun at his previous career in sales, er, the “revenue side of strategic pipeline development”—has struck a chord and is earning him millions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Brushes - some stuck fast - poke out of paint pots piled across the floorboards, table and chairs.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"You can poke big holes in them, and we showed that even if you severely damage the tubes with as many holes as you can punch, they still float."

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

I held up my finger, ready to poke holes in her theory.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas