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Example sentences for: pokes

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He also pokes fun at evolutionary biologists, who so confidently ascribe all our behavior to genetic programming.
Geraldine Ferraro's resignation as co-host of Crossfire , to run for the Senate from New York, has occasioned the usual pokes at CNN's nightly political interview-cum-debate program.
It pokes endless fun at the corporatization of all aspects of life (think of Duff Gardens, a mind-numbing, totalitarian theme park; or the robotic Schwarzenegger clone known as McBain; or Malibu Stacy, the Barbie-like doll Lisa Simpson lives for) even as its characters have become among the most recognizable icons of corporate culture.
And Newsweek pokes fun at "post-sensitive males" (see: Swingers ). They're more desperate than macho.
This one tends toward unlovably brazen pokes and shoves, yet there are moments (mostly in the script) when a higher sensibility can be glimpsed through all the galumphing crumminess.