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The Amazon price hikes on the older chips does puncture the argument laid out by some investors, like Michael Burry, that the company is not properly depreciating its microchip assets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

"When such charged droplets strike a coating, they discharge locally and can puncture the layer in specific spots like a small flash of lightning -- with consequences for the coating's durability."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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

“You puncture me when I become a great Italian thinker. But I know many things I can’t say. I know more than you.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 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

More forcefully, her story punctures the idea that wealth or social status can insulate us from humiliation and loss of agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The relief must have been wonderful, for the punctures were now draining freely, and already the swelling was subsiding.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Yemen relapsed into war in July after years of relative calm punctured by sporadic violence and deepening poverty.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Then concerns over the strength of AI demand and encroaching Chinese competition punctured the semiconductor rally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Time had punctured the roof with 20 holes and whenever it rained, Baker would run around placing buckets under them and emptying them when they were full, like a game of Whac-A-Mole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

A last-gasp defeat by England in Lens momentarily punctured that optimism, but the final group game against Russia presented Coleman's side with a chance to secure their place in the knockout stages.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

They found carved furniture, sitting rooms, lounges, a bar with shattered liquor bottles, staterooms, art on the walls mangled and torn, oil paintings tossed about and punctured.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

According to the company website, the glove is designed to disrupt sensory nerves without puncturing or burning the skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

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

“You are puncturing my imported muffler,” Ignatius screamed.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole