punctured

Example Sentences

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The depreciation has punctured India's ambition to become the world's third-largest economy.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

In any event, the myth has been punctured.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The image of Dubai as a prosperous and contemporary city "is now being punctured", Yasser Elsheshtawy, professor of architecture at Columbia University, told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

But McLaughlin’s confrontational declarations to the press routinely punctured this fiction.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026

Nancy was pulling the chewed gum from her mouth and stretching it out with both hands so that it was a flat, rubbery piece punctured with holes.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz