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Recent Examples of dirk
Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
On Tuesday, Adam Abdul-Jabbar was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of carrying a dirk or dagger and three enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
—Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020
From 2014 to 2016, Tabares bounced in and out of Orange County jails for misdemeanor convictions including disturbing the peace, carrying a dirk or dagger, possession of an opium pipe and resisting arrest.
—Hannah Fry, Daily Pilot, 28 Sep. 2017
The battle fades around them as the two engage in an intimate fight to the death: BJR stabs Jamie in the leg and Jamie forces his dirk into Black Jack's side.
—Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2017
Daggers, dirks, throwing knives, swords and machetes.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
Male, 48, arrested, South 14th and Main streets, carry concealed dirk or dagger.
—Ramona Sentinel, 26 July 2017
Noun
Carry concealed dirk or dagger – 400 block of Santa Fe Drive, 11:12 a.m.
DUI – 0 block of La Costa Avenue, 3:32 a.m.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
On Tuesday, Adam Abdul-Jabbar was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of carrying a dirk or dagger and three enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
—Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020
From 2014 to 2016, Tabares bounced in and out of Orange County jails for misdemeanor convictions including disturbing the peace, carrying a dirk or dagger, possession of an opium pipe and resisting arrest.
—Hannah Fry, Daily Pilot, 28 Sep. 2017
The battle fades around them as the two engage in an intimate fight to the death: BJR stabs Jamie in the leg and Jamie forces his dirk into Black Jack's side.
—Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2017
Daggers, dirks, throwing knives, swords and machetes.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
Male, 48, arrested, South 14th and Main streets, carry concealed dirk or dagger.
—Ramona Sentinel, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirk
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
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
Verb
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
Noun
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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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In fact, up until World War II, the most common method for finding the explosives was to prod the ground with a pointed stick or bayonet.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The House has been thrust into a political quarrel after voters elected 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans in November.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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The raging wildfires in L.A. County have thrust California's insurance industry back into the spotlight.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Why did federal agents seize — and then return — $5 million worth of switchblades from a Colorado man?—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2025
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Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Palisades system soon became like a hose pricked a thousand times, its flow severely weakened.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The dawn is fresh, the sharp air pricks our cheeks.—
Jean-Philippe Toussaint,
Harper's Magazine,
22 July 2024
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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“Dirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirk. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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