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Recent Examples of pikestaffIf the garden was a desert, the house was as plain as pikestaff.—Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023 Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike.—Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
Financial Times – 6:24 AM | 52 Inside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist
Beyond flint-knapping and tossing spears with atlatls, Kent State University's Metin Eren has a vision for his field's future.
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Andrew Cunningham,
Ars Technica,
2 Jan. 2025
Some regions, like Sonora, Mexico, include a carrot spear, jalapeño and potato in the mixture.
Instead, General Livius duels Commodus with javelins for the fate of Rome in a makeshift arena made of centurion shields.
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James Grebey,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024
Exceptions from that are pole vault and javelin because athletes are moving with so much force that the spike needs to penetrate the surface to avoid injury.
Among the artifacts found at the site were 119 lances and spears, eight swords, five knives, three arrowheads, one axe, a bridle, fragments of a bugle, fragments of at least two oath rings and several bronze and iron objects that have not been identified yet, according to the press release.
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Ashlyn Messier,
Fox News,
4 Dec. 2024
Eastwood put on his armor and galloped down a course on Tinkerbell, hitting a practice target with a lance at Hemphill's property.
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Claire Osborn,
Austin American-Statesman,
12 Mar. 2024
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