Thesaurus results for HARPOONED

harpooned

verb

past tense of harpoon

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object she deftly harpooned a shrimp with her skewer and held it over the fire

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Two people were stabbed, one fatally, near Times Square on Monday afternoon, with responding authorities shooting and killing the female suspect, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
One of the two people who was stabbed also died, while the other victim was hospitalized in stable condition.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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The crash broke more than a dozen ribs, punctured her lungs and left her with spinal cord injuries that left her in a wheelchair.

— Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Her joy at having another child was quickly punctured by grief, as her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died suddenly three days later while visiting his mother and newborn half-sister in the hospital.

— Imani Sumbi, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

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Her brown leather jacket was pierced with 60 stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed nearly ear to ear.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Investigators believe the bullet that pierced the restaurant window was fired from inside a passing vehicle on Vista Village Drive.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

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Workers have been increasingly jabbed while on the job as needle-style medications — more specifically GLP-1s — have risen in popularity.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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