have pierced
- present perfect of pierce.
Example Sentences
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Harriet Harman may, though, have pierced the Johnson armour when she interjected with a question about behaviour at a November leaving do.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023
More than 240,000 wells have pierced the state since the late 1800s, when Southern California’s first producing well spouted oil near where Dodger Stadium now stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
One day, I had the idea to make some earrings, probably just for my roommate — I don't have pierced ears, myself — and I made a couple of tester pairs.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2020
But something has gone terribly wrong: Micrometeorites have pierced the hull and caused a slow leak.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2014
“She’s just getting her ears pierced. Don’t people have pierced ears where you’re from?”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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