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Recent Examples of pronged
Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Payne's death, which shocked fans, has unspooled as a multi-pronged tragedy with details emerging of heavy drug use and a high blood alcohol content.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
The three-pronged structure, with its central plaza and slow-moving foot traffic, offers just enough distraction.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
While limiting investors' ability to snap up homes could be part of a multi-pronged approach to addressing housing affordability, targeting them alone is unlikely to solve the issue, according to Allen.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Specifically, Alioto sought to reimagine the magazine as a many-pronged vehicle for promising tastes—like those of regular contributors and critical heavies, Grace Byron and Greta Rainbow.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Payne's death, which shocked fans, has unspooled as a multi-pronged tragedy with details emerging of heavy drug use and a high blood alcohol content.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
The three-pronged structure, with its central plaza and slow-moving foot traffic, offers just enough distraction.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
While limiting investors' ability to snap up homes could be part of a multi-pronged approach to addressing housing affordability, targeting them alone is unlikely to solve the issue, according to Allen.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
Adjective
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Many South African farms are ringed in barbed wire and outfitted with security cameras; one of the migrants told me a story about confronting armed robbers.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The release put out by the White House is on the heels of barbed posts by top aide Cheung and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt against CNN and several other outlets.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The silicon chip is perforated with rows of triangular holes—some 264 micrometers wide, others 99 µm in size.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Feb. 2026
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So too were perforated and extended earlobes, in older men and women hanging down well below their chins like fleshy rings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But a few things stick out as incorrect: The costume Diplo is wearing in the video does not match the actual, taller and spikier grassy costumes worn during the show.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some are silky, some are spikey, and some — like the one worn by stately maidservant Hero, played by Emma Corrin — look like handkerchiefs delicately dropped from a great height onto the head of its wearer.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Its vast salt flats, jagged canyons, and sweeping sand dunes seem merely designed to test human endurance.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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From Buffalo Grove, the district goes northwest on a jagged path through Mundelein, Fox Lake and into McHenry County.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Happy Gilmore leans into spiked Arnold Palmer territory.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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In February 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, oil and fertilizer prices similarly spiked because Russia accounts for about 20% of the global fertilizer trade.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The former junior college forward/center was thrust into a much bigger role because of Diallo’s injury.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2026
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Without missing a beat, the redshirt senior snatched Sarah Strong‘s name plate from the far end of the table and thrust it at junior point guard KK Arnold, who immediately understood to swap it with Fudd’s name positioned in front of the seat next to coach Geno Auriemma’s.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sergey and Anne witnessed our souls and bodies riddled with fear.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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Haitian President Jovenel Moïse died from a gunshot to the heart after his body had already been riddled with bullets during the brazen July 7, 2021, attack on his home, Haiti’s top forensic expert testified Thursday in Miami federal court.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The senior was even more delighted to add a championship hat to her new collection after winning the Big East Tournament, and the team gave her the honor of placing the logo sticker on the NCAA Tournament ticket poster that officially punched UConn’s bid.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
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Witnesses recorded a video of Barranco screaming in pain as four agents piled on top of him and punched him during the arrest.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Pronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronged. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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