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spindled

verb

past tense of spindle

as in impaled

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Just as Wolvie is hot on their trail, he’s impaled by a harpoon and the demo sadly comes to an end.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Rhaenyra is called into her chambers to find the window open, and Helaena impaled dead on the spikes below, one spike garrishly sticking out of her neck.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

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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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Pelicans swooped overhead and night herons, with spiky yellow feathers flying from their heads, goofily pecked the grass for insects.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026

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Max Verstappen, who’d warned of the issues for years, skewered the regulations in his first media briefing of the year back in preseason testing.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Throughout the ceremony, Maher was honored as a champion for free expression, with humor that skewered the right and the left.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 July 2026

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The solar panel that powers the camera was punctured and shattered.

— Haley Parsley August 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The barrel had been punctured several times and dumped far offshore, Spencer said, but whoever discarded the remains likely never imagined the reservoir’s shoreline would one day retract hundreds of feet.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 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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In another, a Florida man was gored and injured by a bison in the Lake Village area, where restaurants and hotels are located.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
One runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain’s San Fermin festival on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

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