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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolo
Noun
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Kevin Torres, David Sosa-Guevara, and Victor Lopez-Morales admitted to using machetes and guns in brutal killings carried out across Long Island, with each defendant now facing decades in federal prison.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025 -
Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
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Our Most Popular Stories of 2021 This year, readers were into peanut butter and jelly, semi-conductors, bayonets, Victorian knitting manuals, plus the hard-working dogs of Medieval Europe.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The sentiment felt like a dagger, striking with unbearable pain.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The department wrote that Ross turned toward an officer with the knife in hand.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2025
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The pardons for those who attacked the U.S. Capitol included those who didn’t commit violence as well as those who carried firearms, Tasers, and knives into the melee, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.—
Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife?—
Sarah Goodman,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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It's been a few years since the last James Bond movie hit theaters, but Saweetie is ready to step into the stilettos of legendary Bond Girls before her with this ultra-sharp bob.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Jan. 2025
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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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The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Bolo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolo. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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