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Recent Examples of machete
If there are areas that need work, then sure, take a machete and hack your way through them.
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Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 5 May 2025
The brush was too spindly to climb and too thick for a fast getaway, and the big Bahamian guide saved my hide by swinging his heavy machete to knock the boar down and fall on it.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
But the fact that people get to walk the streets and be aggressive on meth and have a machete is unacceptable.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
This vignette of administrative chaos exacerbated by mass layoffs will be familiar to any federal employee or contractor whose agency has been felled of late by the whimsical machete of DOGE.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 5 May 2025
The brush was too spindly to climb and too thick for a fast getaway, and the big Bahamian guide saved my hide by swinging his heavy machete to knock the boar down and fall on it.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
But the fact that people get to walk the streets and be aggressive on meth and have a machete is unacceptable.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
This vignette of administrative chaos exacerbated by mass layoffs will be familiar to any federal employee or contractor whose agency has been felled of late by the whimsical machete of DOGE.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
Noun
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The knife was attached to a cable and measured to be seemingly less than an inch away from Cruise’s eyeball.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Two suspects reportedly ran up on the officer, threatened him with a knife and beat him, breaking his orbital bone.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
Noun
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And then, to drive the dagger into Michaela even more, Simone walks down the stairs in a stunning pale blue dress that Michaela had made for her.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
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Brunson’s shot — a cold-blooded pull-up three with the season hanging in the balance — was the dagger that sent New York to its third straight second-round appearance.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
Noun
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While the Swiss Army knife and similar pocketknives were banned after 9/11, in recent years, some policy changes, such as by the FAA, now allow small knives on commercial planes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Baca, who has been leading these workshops since 2011, recalled a moment from one: Everett Cox, a Vietnam War veteran who had kept away from everything military for decades, responded to a prompt of action verbs by expertly stabbing and slashing with an invisible bayonet.—
Dina Litovsky,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by objects including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes.—
Colleen Slevin,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Noun
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Jenner chose a cropped orange leather jacket, with a white buttoned neck and zipped sleeves, keeping the rest of her outfit simple with a super cropped white t-shirt, black leather tie-waist pants, and white stiletto pointed pumps.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
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The run of shoes also included loafers in a variety of styles, from embroidered to velvet and suede, as well as slingback heels, stiletto pumps with a pointed toe, and espadrille sneakers.—
FN Staff,
Footwear News,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The second reliever to follow him, Calvin Faucher, served up the 2-0 belt-high cutter on the outer third of the plate that Machado sent 408 feet to left field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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But both brothers died when their cutter, the U.S.S. Tampa, was torpedoed by German U-boats.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machete. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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