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joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey
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The newcomer breaks industry traditions, such as lower deck guest cabins, oversized main deck salons, pokey crew quarters, and technical areas on the upper deck, taking a fresh approach that prioritizes people rather than logistics.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
Image: Cornell The researchers equipped their prototype robot with two different kinds of texture units: Goosebumps, which form rounded domes when inflated, and spikes, which include rigid little pokey bits.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2018
Both systems made the GeForce RTX 40 GPUs in the Dell and MSI systems look a little pokey by comparison (though those systems are definitely no slouches, in a bigger-picture sense).
—PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
Put the reader on (watch out for the surprisingly pokey earpieces at the ends of the arms), and those displays merge into a single 271 ppi E Ink display.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
Image: Cornell The researchers equipped their prototype robot with two different kinds of texture units: Goosebumps, which form rounded domes when inflated, and spikes, which include rigid little pokey bits.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2018
Both systems made the GeForce RTX 40 GPUs in the Dell and MSI systems look a little pokey by comparison (though those systems are definitely no slouches, in a bigger-picture sense).
—PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
Put the reader on (watch out for the surprisingly pokey earpieces at the ends of the arms), and those displays merge into a single 271 ppi E Ink display.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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“Pokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pokey. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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