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[stawk] / stɔk /




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These organisms had U-shaped bodies and were anchored to the seafloor by a stalk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The guys realize they’re in a different era primarily through shifts in 21st-century culture: Bill Cosby is beloved, cinema audiences laugh freely at gay jokes, teenage goths stalk the streets of Toronto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

With the names of his children, Betty and George, etched on his shorts, Allen started to stalk Makhmudov, with a massive body shot followed by a right uppercut landing in the fifth round.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

She picked up the abandoned grass stalk, stuck it into the same hole and pulled it out to find it covered with termites.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Ernie asked, pinching a pod, then leaving it hanging on the stalk.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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