as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it
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Recent Examples of spear
Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Woods wanted no part of helping Uso, so Kofi Kingston tried and was speared for his efforts.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
Both are $10 plus an extra buck for cheese and are served with potato chips and a pickle spear.
—Sean Clancy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Another surfer last December who was also surfing off an Indonesian island was speared in the armpit by a needle fish, and suffered a punctured lung but survived, the publication Surfer reported.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Woods wanted no part of helping Uso, so Kofi Kingston tried and was speared for his efforts.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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The chief’s spear hangs in my office, over the head of the water buffalo.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
Both are $10 plus an extra buck for cheese and are served with potato chips and a pickle spear.
—Sean Clancy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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The episode was recorded in November at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is serving time after being convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing her boyfriend in April 2011.Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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The crook stabbed 32-year-old Aurelio Mendez in the chest at Fordham Fruit and Vegetables on Creston Ave.Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Exceptions from that are pole vault and javelin because athletes are moving with so much force that the spike needs to penetrate the surface to avoid injury.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Because that section has been specifically engineered for javelin throwers.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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In art and politics equally, 2024 has been—to me, at least—a swerving journey between high peaks and low depths, blind confusions and piercing revelations, the crooked and the straight.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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The wire runs along the catalyst layer, then pierces the ePTFE membrane to connect to the current collector in the back of the electrode.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
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Eastwood put on his armor and galloped down a course on Tinkerbell, hitting a practice target with a lance at Hemphill's property.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
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Lance Leaf Blanket Flower The three-lobed ray petals of lance leaf blanket flower, Gaillardia aestivalis, give the flowers a unique appearance.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
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No matter how well the software operates, tires do get punctured!Richard Bishop, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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These sharp needles could also puncture the digestive tract, which might lead to more severe health issues.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Paul jabbed his way to a unanimous victory, cementing his legacy in the boxing world.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Residents crowded over hot dogs and burgers while jabbing one another with jokes and stories.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
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This is the last poll of 2024, but The Tennessean will pick it back up in January so be looking.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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John Phelan, founder of MSD Capital, was picked for secretary of the Navy, and Charles Kushner, father-in-law to Ivanka Trump and founder of Kushner Companies real estate firm, was chosen for ambassador to France.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Barton appears to enjoy juxtaposing the banality of Helen’s life as a wife and mother—flawlessly hosting her husband’s holiday work party, sticking jewels on a crown for a Nativity costume—with the extravagant action of her secret life.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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But nothing ever seems to stick, and that's because no experiment has given any hint that quarks and leptons are composite particles.Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Spear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spear. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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