as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, may sound like fun, but the bulls have been known to gore runners who get too close
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Recent Examples of gore
That kind of attitude is why Yellowstone visitors end up gored by bison regularly, and then get roasted on Instagram for it.
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Drew Magary, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2024
Others haven’t been so lucky, and some have even been gored by the massive animals while still holding onto their cell phones.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
Between 2019, he had been gored by a buffalo, snared by a poacher, and severed a leg in a steel trap.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2024
An 83-year-old woman was seriously injured after being gored by a bison last weekend in Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service said.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 5 June 2024
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Drew Magary, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2024
Others haven’t been so lucky, and some have even been gored by the massive animals while still holding onto their cell phones.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
Between 2019, he had been gored by a buffalo, snared by a poacher, and severed a leg in a steel trap.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2024
An 83-year-old woman was seriously injured after being gored by a bison last weekend in Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service said.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 5 June 2024
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Another execution attempt of Creech, 74, had been scheduled for Nov. 13 — coincidentally, the same date in which the four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in 2022 in an off-campus apartment house.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Samuel Paty, 47, was stabbed repeatedly in 2020 outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine near Paris by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, then decapitated, days after showing his pupils the caricatures.Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sheriff Bianco attributed Solis’s death to suffocation and blood loss after his jugular vein was punctured.Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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In 2010, swordfish attacked an Angolan oil pipeline, puncturing an oil loading pipe and delaying tanker shipments, Reuters reported.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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One of the bullets brushed his spine and another pierced his bladder, leaving him with a permanent catheter.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Procedures Your healthcare provider may also suggest a nipple retractor or piercing for a longer-term solution.Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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Neeson, by contrast, is the quiet professional, with a right hook that can still jab like a crowbar.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chatty charmer Richard jabs her with a needle full of a paralyzing agent and then carts her around to various locales and in various vehicles.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Any extra surface moisture will prevent the caramel from sticking properly.Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
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In fact, the key to this scene – the key to sticking that aforementioned landing — was making sure that Noa never came off as too emotional.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Sharks’ prospect pool was also largely devoid of high-end talent, with the organization trading away multiple first-round draft picks throughout the 2010s for short-term solutions to keep the championship window open.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Rachel picks Caroline, and Genevieve goes with Sue, while Lavos Teeny and Sol stick together, and macho men Kyle and Gabe team up.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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An Uber Eats driver in Florida with a hankering for a late-night snack was allegedly caught nibbling on a customer's order – in front of them – leading to the driver reportedly spitting in the customer's face.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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So they were conceived to have woodchipper mouths that spit out the back.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Gore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gore. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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