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When experiencing either emotion, everything — be it a piece of news, the prick of a finger, a conversation with a loved one living thousands of miles away — is magnified.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

Still, he concluded the Fed shouldn’t try to prick bubbles with rate increases given uncertain benefits and potentially severe costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory in Glasgow tests about 50,000 heel prick samples every year.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Older participants regained motor strength and sensory abilities, such as feeling light touch or a pin prick, at levels similar to younger individuals.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

Ifemelu had asked, hoping that this would, at least, be something she and Shan could talk about without an underlying prick of pins.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

While the noise of the by-election pricks everyone's ears, Mark and his fellow constituents have their views on loudspeaker.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Aigul Khismatullina, Queen of the Night, impresses with the silvery pricks of her high notes, while Kwangchul Youn’s Sarastro, unsteady in middle register, takes on weight at the bottom of his bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The new needle-free technology is expected to reduce the risk of cross-contamination, needle pricks, accidental infections and unsafe disposal of contaminated needles.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024

Graceffo talked about how her dosage routine had changed from a dozen finger pricks and multiple injections a day to a glucose monitor and pump that continuously measure and administer insulin.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

Another Nuer technique was to tie a ring of thorns around a calf’s mouth, so that it pricks the mother and causes her to resist suckling.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The consumption of iron ore has pricked up from low levels, while steel mills are restocking ahead of the holiday, providing some support to demand, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“She didn’t like being pricked anymore,” said Oskowski, 44, adding that Maddie was happy to stay for a cold-laser treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

After our dose of London air, we head back to the laboratory where I have my finger pricked and a sample of blood prepared for examination.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Please bleed more, I thought, looking at my pricked finger.

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

Goose bumps pricked up on my skin under my shirt, and a shiver spread across my back.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Lisandra's nine-year-old daughter set off for school that morning with nothing in her stomach, she explains, tears pricking her eyes.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

That’s where it started when I was pricking that bubble of comedians who think they’re changing the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

The authors found that the three variants were associated with a lower pain threshold in response to skin pricking after prior exposure to mustard oil, but not in response to heat or pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

The current gold standard test—only conducted in specialized allergy clinics—involves pricking the skin and injecting a small amount of penicillin.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023

It was like being plunged into an ice bath, a thousand small knives pricking at his skin.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray