Example Sentences

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The average 30-year fixed rate, which had pierced 7% back in October, fell to just above 6% in early February before surging back to 6.96% in mid-July.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Oleksiy Arestovych, a senior government advisor in Kyiv, said on the messaging service Telegram that Ukrainian troops had pierced Russian defenses in several areas along the front around Kherson,but cautioned against a quick victory.

From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2022

But on this day, the pain had pierced through.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2022

In disclosing the attempts, Google’s chief of threat analysis, Shane Huntley, who oversees the tracking of state-sponsored, sophisticated hacking, said there was no evidence yet that the Chinese hackers had pierced Mr. Biden’s campaign.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020

The porcupine quills had pierced his flesh; the work in the garden had exhausted him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman