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This can puncture the batteries that cause them to short-circuit, overheat and potentially ignite surrounding materials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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

Research published in Advanced Science found that this stretching method is more effective than earlier designs that attempted to puncture viruses.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026

It's unlikely it would puncture EVA suit material, but I'm not taking any chances.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

But Sobel’s second point punctures some of the excitement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

The doctor ran tests, so many tests, so many punctures in the little girl’s arms, so many tubes hooked here and there.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Gilles Villeneuve's left rear wheel is barely hanging on to his Ferrari after he spun out of the lead in 1979 because of a punctured tyre.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

For Arendt’s grandfather Max, Mr. Meyer writes, Zionism punctured the belief that “one could be on an equal footing as a Jew, as a citizen, and as a German.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

Its fragile golden skin is punctured, and the sun bleeds oranges and yellows across the bottom of the sky.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Nine minutes later, as a man in a Premier League top unsuccessfully attempted to charm a young lady a few feet away at the bar, Iran levelled, puncturing the mood at one particular table.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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

On that basis, Kevin Warsh has already scored by apparently puncturing a bubble in precious metals by virtue of his mere nomination by President Donald Trump to lead the Fed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

Carmine is howling, his cries puncturing the stillness, and every time Dutchy moves, he gets jammed in the side.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline