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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
Noun
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High fructose corn syrup usage in the US has declined over the last two decades while table sugar, made from cane or beet, has been on the rise.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
10 Jan. 2025
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Fourth, crossing canes can become intertwined and obstruct quality blooms and new canes.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2025
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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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Cheryl Toussaint was on edge waiting for the baton in the early heats of the 4×400 meter relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.—
Tony Paige,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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And Capitol surveillance footage shows police trying to recover the baton from Clayton, whose right hand makes contact with one of the officers.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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The shrinkage immediately became a proof point and cudgel taken up by the state’s chest-puffing detractors.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The letters may signal that the cudgels will be legal.—
Tim Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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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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In December, the Mets finalized a record 15-year, $765 million contract with Juan Soto, giving them the most coveted middle-of-the-order bat on the free agent market.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Count Von Count Count Von Count is a friendly vampire who enjoys counting anything and everything in sight, from bats to sheep.—
Casey Clark,
Parents,
16 Jan. 2025
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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 Jan. 2025.
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