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Loading your audio article OAKLAND — A man charged joining another man to beat their victim to death with a mallet and a bicycle may not be mentally competent for trial, according to court records.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
And remember: never bring a knife to a meat mallet fight.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
The precursor of the xylophone and marimba, a balafon is made by carefully cutting 21 wooden slats into different lengths, fixing them atop hallow calabashes, and striking them with mallets wound with the gum and sap of a rubber tree.
—Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Walker showed me a video of the fingers surviving blows from a mallet.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
And remember: never bring a knife to a meat mallet fight.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
The precursor of the xylophone and marimba, a balafon is made by carefully cutting 21 wooden slats into different lengths, fixing them atop hallow calabashes, and striking them with mallets wound with the gum and sap of a rubber tree.
—Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Walker showed me a video of the fingers surviving blows from a mallet.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mallet
Noun
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The Trump administration, along with Elon Musk and his initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency, have taken a hammer to that pillar of stability.—
Campbell Robertson,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But the league also unveiled a major rule change to the use of hammers prior to play on Monday.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Last month, the Trump Administration took a sledgehammer to federal funding.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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This is evident in the lyrics, yes, but even more in what’s not as obvious: the 600-watt sledgehammer production, the frantic tempo, and, yes, the senseless chanting in the chorus.—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
14 Feb. 2025
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The beetles had short lifespans after maturing, but the arachnid can be seen in the Fragile Kingdom desert and rainforest exhibit.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Federal authorities found 37 live beetles, almost the length of a human hand, at a South California airport.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.—
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
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Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2024
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is the third member of Gen X to hold the gavel, following fellow Republicans and former Speakers Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Kevin McCarthy of California.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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In the 2018 midterms, Republicans lost 41 House seats and the speaker's gavel.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
28 Jan. 2025
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In covert gatherings across California, raw goat or cow milk is mixed with cane alcohol and sugars to make pajaretes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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But you cane experience a bit of Turner and Constable’s London by making a visit to the Royal Academy of Arts, where both artists studied, although Turner earned the Academy’s prestigious designation of Royal Academician in 1802; Constable was elected years later in 1829.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mallet. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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