Example Sentences

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If it breaks above 3.26% it will pierce those 2018 highs and be at 2011 levels.

From Reuters • May 10, 2022

Astronomers expect that it will pierce a dark curtain of ignorance and supposition about the early days of the universe, and allow them to snoop on nearby exoplanets.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2021

He adds that a white-flowering night-bloomer will pierce the darkness without any need for illumination.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

Piercing Pagoda will pierce infants as young as two months, so long as they’ve had DPT inoculation.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2020

Again, I know I will pierce the crust into that holy light.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes