puncture
Example Sentences
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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
After visiting an optician who identified a problem with his optic nerve and referred him to a neurologist, George received an MRI and lumbar puncture which confirmed his MS diagnosis in March 2022.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Participants received doses of up to 70mg of zorevunersen through a lumbar puncture.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
Empirical facts have the power to puncture partisan echo chambers and other closed-off belief systems.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
I bit down and felt my teeth puncture the skin of my lip.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
Vocabulary lists containing puncture
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
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