Example Sentences

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Forking over thousands of nonrefundable dollars on the strength of snapshots and a gushing profile drafted by the property’s host?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Forking out cash for a massage or vowing to meditate every morning will probably violate the first two letters, she said, but something like a periodic Target run likely will not.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2022

“I looked at Neurocracy and thought: this is perfect. It gave me vibes of Deus Ex, the SCP wiki, and of Borges’ Garden of Forking Paths.”

From The Verge • Jul. 14, 2021

“In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?” – asked by Stephen Albert in Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Garden of Forking Paths.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2014

Forking is uncommon; in fact, it is so uncommon that individual instances loom large in hacker folklore.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.