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Recent Examples of sheath knife
Keep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.
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Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheath knife
Noun
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The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.—
Jon Grinspan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
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There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.—
Jace Bauserman,
Field & Stream,
19 July 2023
Noun
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The dagger in my hand is already covered in my sweat.—
Mireille Juchau,
The Dial,
4 Feb. 2025
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For all of his tenacious effort at the defensive end, the signature play Friday for Maciejewski was a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter that served as the dagger.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Also missing are: — eight machine gun vehicle mounts; — seven free-standing machine gun tripods; — unspecified medical equipment; — 40 pairs of binoculars; and — 18 bayonets.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
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President Herbert Hoover deployed about 3,500 Army soldiers, in addition to police, to remove the veterans with tear gas, bayonets, and by setting fire to their camps, the VA said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Sony has a gross horror item called Heart Eyes in which as the red-band trailer shows sees one main character done in with a knife thrust into eye in grisly fashion.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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This remains an answer that is balancing on a knife edge depending on how the contract situations of Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold are resolved.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ephron said Mayers put the gun back into his waistband to avoid attracting attention and was walking away when Ephron allegedly noticed Phillips had a pocketknife.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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At the Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia, a pocketknife was found shoved inside someone’s shoe.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The first sections of the bike path were made in 1992 with machetes and saws.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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According to cops, a 34-year-old man was struck in the left hand with a machete by an unidentified man around 11:24 a.m. Friday near Southern Blvd.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Although there was also the option to put the stilettos through their paces downstairs on the dancefloor, where a thumping after party DJd by The Dare awaited.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2025
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Styling the showstopping stilettos depends on how wide the flare is.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Sheath knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheath%20knife. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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