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The restraint in mentioning China in any US-India communication or any Quad communication comes from Indian Ocean, which is very concerned about not poking China in the eye. – Kenneth Juster	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Poking his head in the sand isn't going to actually be enough because he's going to have to do something about it. – Chip Roy	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The FBI has absolutely no business poking around in the private information of those who have obtained a concealed carry permit in Missouri, the Second Amendment rights of Missourians will absolutely not be infringed on my watch. I will use the full power of my Office to stop the FBI, which has become relentlessly politicized and has virtually no credibility, from illegally prying around in the personal information of Missouri gun owners. – Eric Schmitt	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We don’t concede for a moment that we are speaking hate speech here, we’re punching back, not down, and we’re poking holes in the popular narrative. – Seth Dillon	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Obviously there’s a million different ways to do things, we feel great about where we are in regards to the [ Combine ]. Really felt for us it’s just a more efficient way to utilize our time. As you guys know, at the [ Combine ] there’s a lot of medical checks, there’s a lot of testing, there’s a lot of poking and prodding of the players, so there’s a ton of downtime. – Robert Saleh	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I started poking around and trying to figure out what really happened here. – Tim Mucciante	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The helicopter is an extremely valuable asset for rover planning because it provides high-resolution imagery of the terrain we want to drive through, we can better assess the size of the dunes and where bedrock is poking out. That's great information for us ; it helps identify which areas may be traversable by the rover and whether certain high-value science targets are reachable. – Olivier Toupet	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Jenna, maxwell suggested that Virginia meet [Epstein] to apply for the job. Virginia was skeptical, pointing out that she didn’t have the proper training. But Maxwell assured her that she could learn on the job, noting that it looked as if Virginia was serious about her vocation—based on all the sticky notes she could see poking out of the anatomy book in her hands. She gave Virginia her address and phone number. ‘Why don’t you come by after work?’ Maxwell left, with a cheery, almost motherly goodbye. – Ghislaine Maxwell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We’re talking about a billionaire with one of the most valuable companies in the history of the world who has seemingly gotten away with poking the SEC before. – Tyler Gellasch	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem … The right IN ONE DAY took the f(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us. – Thomas Robertson	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If they're spoofing you, poking fun at you or mentioning you it's because you're part of American pop culture, and that's a good thing, I think. – Will Ferrell	Found on CNN 3 years ago
They're half-hearted moves in Asia ... nothing that smacks of conviction really, there are some questions about what exactly triggered this turnaround (on Wall Street). It wasn't as if the sun came poking out and it's all blue skies. – Mizuho Bank	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This reminds everybody of what they can not stand about Washington, scoring points against each other, poking at each other, yeah, that's called the Democratic primary election, Pete. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I was actually alerted when I heard the next-door neighbor, Chris, screaming - she is very frightened of snakes you see, we were a bit weary but something yesterday made me go out with a rod and start poking at everything looking for it. I think it was the birds, the pigeons I think they were making loads of noise and squawking. I knew something was down there. I just got a feeling that it was here. – Michael Barton when	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
You know, someone poking themselves with [ a needle ], or someone reusing them, it sort of encourages the safe practice of disposing of them. – Jeff Coyne	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and( chest-thumping), and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again. – Paul Carroll	Found on CNN 7 years ago
It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and chess something, and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again, if you do this kind of ratcheting (up) of rhetorical tensions but also sending military hardware into the region, if you do that absent of any kind of offramp or door or window for the North Koreans to consider walking through and reengaging in any sort of discussions, bad things are going to happen. – Paul Carroll	Found on CNN 7 years ago
There was one gorilla whose long-term mate and friend died in the zoo, and he first tried to revive her, even bringing her favorite food to her and putting it in her hand and poking her, and then at some point he seemed to come to a really stunning realization that his friend was not going to move. I don’t know if that’s a concept of death, but his behavior changed and he let out a very agonizing wail and stopped trying to revive her. Clearly something cognitive and emotional happened to him at that moment. – Barbara King	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
If somebody takes a poke at Jeb Bush we’re capable of poking back. – Mike Murphy	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Tesla has made great strides in raising the profile of OTA, making it appear somewhat sexy by showing how features could be added, they're almost poking the traditional carmakers in the eye by making it look so easy. – Strategy Analytics consultant Roger Lanctot	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We walked away from the draft of that treaty giving a win to Iran, our sworn enemy, iran, who immediately after the deal was struck, started mocking us and poking us and saying yes, of course we're going to violate it. Thanks for freeing up $150 billion, America, too. – Sarah Palin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is actually poking a hole in the capital account, the interest rate and foreign exchange markets will be forced into changes, and it will pose a challenge to China's financial market as interest rate controls will no longer matter. – Lin Jianjun	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We're poking fun at these racial stereotypes in such a clever way that people are going to have to go, 'It is stupid to prejudge and to assume based on appearance, color, standards, whatever it may be,'. – Kevin Hart	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I began to feel uncomfortable being naked in front of them because of the questions and the poking and prodding and search for Mommy's 'inside penis' -- that's what they thought a vagina was, i don't think it makes them terrible people or scars them for life if they stumble into the bathroom while I'm going, but it's easily avoidable awkwardness none of us really needs to experience on a daily basis. – Amanda Rodriguez	Found on CNN 9 years ago

The restraint in mentioning China in any US-India communication or any Quad communication comes from Indian Ocean, which is very concerned about not poking China in the eye.

– Kenneth Juster

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Poking his head in the sand isn't going to actually be enough because he's going to have to do something about it.

– Chip Roy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The FBI has absolutely no business poking around in the private information of those who have obtained a concealed carry permit in Missouri, the Second Amendment rights of Missourians will absolutely not be infringed on my watch. I will use the full power of my Office to stop the FBI, which has become relentlessly politicized and has virtually no credibility, from illegally prying around in the personal information of Missouri gun owners.

– Eric Schmitt

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We don’t concede for a moment that we are speaking hate speech here, we’re punching back, not down, and we’re poking holes in the popular narrative.

– Seth Dillon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Obviously there’s a million different ways to do things, we feel great about where we are in regards to the [ Combine ]. Really felt for us it’s just a more efficient way to utilize our time. As you guys know, at the [ Combine ] there’s a lot of medical checks, there’s a lot of testing, there’s a lot of poking and prodding of the players, so there’s a ton of downtime.

– Robert Saleh

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I started poking around and trying to figure out what really happened here.

– Tim Mucciante

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The helicopter is an extremely valuable asset for rover planning because it provides high-resolution imagery of the terrain we want to drive through, we can better assess the size of the dunes and where bedrock is poking out. That's great information for us ; it helps identify which areas may be traversable by the rover and whether certain high-value science targets are reachable.

– Olivier Toupet

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Jenna, maxwell suggested that Virginia meet [Epstein] to apply for the job. Virginia was skeptical, pointing out that she didn’t have the proper training. But Maxwell assured her that she could learn on the job, noting that it looked as if Virginia was serious about her vocation—based on all the sticky notes she could see poking out of the anatomy book in her hands. She gave Virginia her address and phone number. ‘Why don’t you come by after work?’ Maxwell left, with a cheery, almost motherly goodbye.

– Ghislaine Maxwell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We’re talking about a billionaire with one of the most valuable companies in the history of the world who has seemingly gotten away with poking the SEC before.

– Tyler Gellasch

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem … The right IN ONE DAY took the f(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us.

– Thomas Robertson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If they're spoofing you, poking fun at you or mentioning you it's because you're part of American pop culture, and that's a good thing, I think.

– Will Ferrell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They're half-hearted moves in Asia ... nothing that smacks of conviction really, there are some questions about what exactly triggered this turnaround (on Wall Street). It wasn't as if the sun came poking out and it's all blue skies.

– Mizuho Bank

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

This reminds everybody of what they can not stand about Washington, scoring points against each other, poking at each other, yeah, that's called the Democratic primary election, Pete.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I was actually alerted when I heard the next-door neighbor, Chris, screaming - she is very frightened of snakes you see, we were a bit weary but something yesterday made me go out with a rod and start poking at everything looking for it. I think it was the birds, the pigeons I think they were making loads of noise and squawking. I knew something was down there. I just got a feeling that it was here.

– Michael Barton when

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

You know, someone poking themselves with [ a needle ], or someone reusing them, it sort of encourages the safe practice of disposing of them.

– Jeff Coyne

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and( chest-thumping), and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again.

– Paul Carroll

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and chess something, and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again, if you do this kind of ratcheting (up) of rhetorical tensions but also sending military hardware into the region, if you do that absent of any kind of offramp or door or window for the North Koreans to consider walking through and reengaging in any sort of discussions, bad things are going to happen.

– Paul Carroll

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There was one gorilla whose long-term mate and friend died in the zoo, and he first tried to revive her, even bringing her favorite food to her and putting it in her hand and poking her, and then at some point he seemed to come to a really stunning realization that his friend was not going to move. I don’t know if that’s a concept of death, but his behavior changed and he let out a very agonizing wail and stopped trying to revive her. Clearly something cognitive and emotional happened to him at that moment.

– Barbara King

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

If somebody takes a poke at Jeb Bush we’re capable of poking back.

– Mike Murphy

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Tesla has made great strides in raising the profile of OTA, making it appear somewhat sexy by showing how features could be added, they're almost poking the traditional carmakers in the eye by making it look so easy.

– Strategy Analytics consultant Roger Lanctot

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We walked away from the draft of that treaty giving a win to Iran, our sworn enemy, iran, who immediately after the deal was struck, started mocking us and poking us and saying yes, of course we're going to violate it. Thanks for freeing up $150 billion, America, too.

– Sarah Palin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is actually poking a hole in the capital account, the interest rate and foreign exchange markets will be forced into changes, and it will pose a challenge to China's financial market as interest rate controls will no longer matter.

– Lin Jianjun

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We're poking fun at these racial stereotypes in such a clever way that people are going to have to go, 'It is stupid to prejudge and to assume based on appearance, color, standards, whatever it may be,'.

– Kevin Hart

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I began to feel uncomfortable being naked in front of them because of the questions and the poking and prodding and search for Mommy's 'inside penis' -- that's what they thought a vagina was, i don't think it makes them terrible people or scars them for life if they stumble into the bathroom while I'm going, but it's easily avoidable awkwardness none of us really needs to experience on a daily basis.

– Amanda Rodriguez

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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