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And there was this: Elam discovered Pusser didn't regularly carry a big stick, like the movies depicted.
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 23 Feb. 2024
Whereas the Biden White House viewed war not as diplomacy by other means but the failure of diplomacy by all means, the Trump White House will engage in diplomacy while brandishing a very big stick.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Trump talks loudly and carries a big stick but—
Better than Teddy Roosevelt.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
Wash it Remove the tie-dye T-shirt with tongs or a big stick.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 23 Feb. 2024
Whereas the Biden White House viewed war not as diplomacy by other means but the failure of diplomacy by all means, the Trump White House will engage in diplomacy while brandishing a very big stick.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Trump talks loudly and carries a big stick but—
Better than Teddy Roosevelt.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
Wash it Remove the tie-dye T-shirt with tongs or a big stick.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Big stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20stick. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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