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Recent Examples of switchblade
During the struggle, the assailant pulled out a switchblade and slashed the man in the forearm before running out of the station.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
As fists and switchblades fly, the combatants take turns invading each other’s dance spaces, leaping and jabbing with grace and athleticism.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
He had been convicted in January for a range of offenses including possession of a switchblade knife, being armed with a weapon with an intention to commit an indictable offense, stalking, intimidation, and damaging property, ABC reported.
—Mark Baker and Rod McGuirk, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024
The glory days when Vivian Gornick and Ellen Willis were dissecting the gender politics of everyday life, Stanley Crouch was turning cultural polemics into a new form of jazz and James Wolcott was sharpening his all-purpose critical switchblade may have been over.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
As fists and switchblades fly, the combatants take turns invading each other’s dance spaces, leaping and jabbing with grace and athleticism.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
He had been convicted in January for a range of offenses including possession of a switchblade knife, being armed with a weapon with an intention to commit an indictable offense, stalking, intimidation, and damaging property, ABC reported.
—Mark Baker and Rod McGuirk, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024
The glory days when Vivian Gornick and Ellen Willis were dissecting the gender politics of everyday life, Stanley Crouch was turning cultural polemics into a new form of jazz and James Wolcott was sharpening his all-purpose critical switchblade may have been over.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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Seymour and her colleagues also found other artifacts at the site, including crossbow bolts, lead bullets, swords, daggers, chain mail and plate armor.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Buffalo's Mac Collins recovered the kick and returned it for 38 yards, which set up a scoring drive for the Bills and served as the eventual dagger, boosting the lead to 45-28.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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The man forced the boyfriend into the bathroom at gunpoint with a revolver while the woman pulled out a pocketknife and began going through the victim’s belongings, the affidavit said.Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Neal’s lawyer argued that Hopkins was wearing a tool belt that included blunt objects and a closed pocketknife, making the homicide self-defense.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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One of the deputies went outside to grab more medical supplies from their car and saw Christopher S. Evans, 35, standing nearby with a knife in each hand.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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Still, having somebody in a character mask run around with a big knife is damn lazy as far as pop-culture subversions go.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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The one tribe that finishes first gets their pot and machete.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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At that time, another man came out of the encampment and put a machete blade to Romero-Milan's neck.Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Sep. 2024
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Aguilera wore nothing but stiletto high heels, a black undergarment, and a matching beret on top of her hair that was styled in large curls.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Created by celebrity nail artist Brittney Boyce, these nails feature 14-karat white gold stiletto nails embellished with diamonds.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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In that post, she could be seen dressed in a pirate costume, complete with a large hat, knee-high black boots and a cutlass sword.Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
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Apparently, Lord John’s distant cousin Charles Grey and his troops killed 100 men in their beds, using nothing but bayonets.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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If these were not available a gun could be spiked with a bayonet which would then be broken off so it could not be pulled out.David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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“Switchblade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchblade. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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