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Recent Examples of bowie knife
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.
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Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
Aside from their build, bowie knives serve multiple outdoor purposes.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife.
—Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun.
—Matthew Sedacca, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
Aside from their build, bowie knives serve multiple outdoor purposes.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife.
—Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun.
—Matthew Sedacca, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowie knife
Noun
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The dagger appears to be 7.5 inches in length when uncovered from under the hairbrush.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Barkley delivered the dagger on the Eagles’ next offensive possession.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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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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Authorities said the marshals opened fire when Jones charged at them with a knife.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
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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In the video, an officer handling a police dog can be heard telling Umana to drop the machete as Umana stood on the sidewalk.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Cops are looking for a man who chopped off most of the fingers on a man’s hand with a machete after a sidewalk dispute in the Bronx erupted over their dogs barking at each other, police said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At the Gaurav Gupta show, the rapper wore a futuristic chainmail dress with a matching head piece and reverse stiletto nails.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
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Manolo Blahnik 5-inch stilettos are usually her go-to kicks for major photo ops.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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One thing leads to another, and as is common with such hedonistic reunions among longtime buddies, somebody ends up with a switchblade in their neck.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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At a preliminary hearing held last year, San Diego police Detective Christopher Murray testified that Logan admitted to committing the homicide with a switchblade.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 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
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“Bowie knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowie%20knife. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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