poke into
Example Sentences
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No one thinks to poke into this with a follow-up question like, “She thinks the world is going to end? When?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
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
I had known all along the inevitable outcome and that I dared not poke into his knapsack of misery, even with the offer to help him carry it.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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