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as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
let's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting
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as in to ridicule
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows
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Recent Examples of skewer
It's dubbed his Iron Spider-Man look because mechanical legs spring out from his back, capable of skewering any foe.
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Chris McMullen, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Coming off cofounding the satirical magazine Spy—which skewered the bicoastal elite—Los Angeles power brokers had been wary of Carter.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
Democrats skewered the attorney general on issues ranging from improper redactions to the Epstein files to a lack of prosecutions over them.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026
The star of the show at both is the steak trompo, in which strip and sirloin steaks are skewered on a glossy vertical spit, sliced thinly to order onto a supple corn tortilla with avocado salsa.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
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Chris McMullen, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Coming off cofounding the satirical magazine Spy—which skewered the bicoastal elite—Los Angeles power brokers had been wary of Carter.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
Democrats skewered the attorney general on issues ranging from improper redactions to the Epstein files to a lack of prosecutions over them.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026
The star of the show at both is the steak trompo, in which strip and sirloin steaks are skewered on a glossy vertical spit, sliced thinly to order onto a supple corn tortilla with avocado salsa.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skewer
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The teen was involved in an argument when his adversary stabbed him multiple times with a knife, said police.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Police allege the suspect then recklessly stabbed backward numerous times, striking the victim in the leg, according to Jaques.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House, only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2026
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Bondi was ridiculed over a move to hand out binders of Epstein files to conservative influencers at the White House only for it to be later revealed that the documents included no new revelations.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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The attack had punctured an air of invulnerability created by the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel had swiftly captured the Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and Gaza from its Arab neighbors.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In vivid, dramatic language more befitting of a pulp novel accompanied by fanciful illustrations, the story said that reports of monsters first started surfacing in Canada, only to be met with mocking dismissal in Chicago.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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This festival featured carnivals that included music, costumes, and mocking church rituals.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The couple’s 3-year-old son was grazed in the back by the bullet that pierced Kaori’s skull, police and witnesses said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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This should result in a sharper edge that can pierce things like tomato skin more easily.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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The astronauts will stick close to home for the first 25 hours of their 10-day test flight, checking out the capsule in orbit around Earth before firing the main engine that will propel them to the moon.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The average commuter spends 63 hours a year stuck in traffic.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The original stickers — the ones jabbing at Biden — started appearing in 2021.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Donald Trump‘s effort today to praise his new Homeland Security Secretary and defend him from Jimmy Kimmel‘s jabs kind of backfired.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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Your job is to pick and choose your way through the heap.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Boo and Scout were hand-picked for the Bidens by staff at the animal welfare group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Skewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skewer. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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