puncture

A stinger is a portable spike strip used to puncture the tyres of a vehicle.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The incident could also puncture the space stocks bubble, judging by how investors were reacting ahead of Friday’s opening bell.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

First, doctors make a small puncture in an artery, usually in the groin, and feed a catheter up into the patient’s heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

What about Alex Honnold — his candor is refreshing but he still seems eager to puncture Dean’s mystique.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

“It says we’re supposed to puncture them with something sharp...”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Bites often leave punctures or furrows in bone, but disease, insects, weathering, and erosion can create similar features.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

In the new study, researchers examined several kinds of depressions, punctures, holes, and grooves that appeared to have been left by teeth.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

Another is radio-frequency microneedling, which combines tiny punctures with heat to reduce the appearance of lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

That’s because when a snake bites and punctures the skin and transfers venom into the victim’s body, the venom attacks the skin, soft tissue and connective tissue beneath it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

He watched as she opened a pouch she took from her pocket and began to treat the punctures and cuts.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

Her article “Europe’s Next Hegemon: The Perils of German Power,” which appeared in April in Foreign Affairs, punctured that bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

A tenth consecutive winning week looked locked in prior to a series of quarterly updates on Wednesday that punctured a hole in the AI trade that has powered markets higher since the end of March.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Guidance came up short. … I think it punctured a lot of people’s belief that any company that might benefit from AI spending was effectively bulletproof,”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

Anna May exhaled a long, exasperated breath that sounded like a punctured tire.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

But the cost of revenue more than doubled year over year to $272.4 million, puncturing the company’s gross margin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

That’s a program I would support, in addition to puncturing the bubble.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

AFP journalists saw devotees deliberately puncturing their skin with glass shards attached to a small wooden paddle to ensure their bleeding during the ritual, a way to atone for sins and seek miracles from God.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

The allegations against Cesar Chavez represent a definitive puncturing of the myth surrounding the civil rights icon and necessitate a comprehensive reckoning with how Latino communities elevated him despite warning signs of moral failings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

It was slow work, puncturing the tank with a hammer and stake, then waiting for the fuel to drip out so the tank could be safely removed with a cutting torch.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover