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Recent Examples of mace
The robots attack one another with flame throwers, whirling chains, and a medieval mace.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
The cookies are flavored with cinnamon, mace, and molasses.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
The base of musk, magnolia, and mace (a delicate note reminiscent of nutmeg) add a compulsively sniffable layer of warmth.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Louisiana recently OK'd the use of mace and pepper spray in juvenile detention facilities.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
The cookies are flavored with cinnamon, mace, and molasses.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
The base of musk, magnolia, and mace (a delicate note reminiscent of nutmeg) add a compulsively sniffable layer of warmth.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Louisiana recently OK'd the use of mace and pepper spray in juvenile detention facilities.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
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Hard freezes, ice, and snow will damage or break canes, making plants more susceptible to pests and disease.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
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The age this particular persona is supposed to represent remains ambiguous in the scene, but the Jackal uses a cane and maintains a sense of frailty in his body, both of which contribute to another visual iteration of geriatric Redmayne.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
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Pelosi has remained a major political force in the Democratic Party even after handing the Democratic baton in the House to Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who recently won a second two-year term as minority leader.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Police were able to view surveillance footage from the hospital that showed a man wearing a police-style belt that included a firearm, three magazines, a baton, medical kit and pouches for handcuffs and O.C. spray, according to the warrant affidavit.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Dec. 2024
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It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Each side must field somewhere between two and eleven players, some of whom shall carry flattened truncheons, while others toss about leather balls.Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
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But what began as a protection to limit the amount of their income a tenant would spend on housing has warped into a cudgel for landlords.Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
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Access to those dollars has become more of a political cudgel recently, as lawmakers in Washington have ratcheted up their scrutiny of universities.Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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This in turn opens up the music, changing it from a bludgeon to a balm.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
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Conservatives have had it in for Chevron deference for a long time; given their current majority on the court, the doctrine’s death has been a foregone conclusion, awaiting only the appearance of a suitable case to use as a bludgeon.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
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Walker is also still quite a good bat who provides a .800 OPS upside with big-time power.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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According to Live Science, the Rochester residents died from pneumonia after the bat poop — also known as guano —released a harmful fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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More importantly, Vance cast himself as an extraordinary exception to his fellow Appalachians, describing ’billies as encased in a toxic amber that kept them from improving their lot and left them embittered with a country that has moved on without them.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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Hip-Hop In 2013, the indie-rap lifers billy woods and Elucid joined forces to become Armand Hammer, a clear-eyed, thrilling guerrilla duo with a penchant for cutting through nonsense.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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