Example Sentences
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More forcefully, her story punctures the idea that wealth or social status can insulate us from humiliation and loss of agency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
But the spat punctures any suggestion that the Budget will end grumps and strops inside the party.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Previously, the only way to confirm Alzheimer's was by specialist PET brain scans and lumbar punctures to extract cerebrospinal fluid.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
And a computer simulation also suggests that punctures in the hull the size of A4 pieces of paper led to the ship's demise.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025
Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
