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a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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The ultimate agreement was dramatic, the official announcement filled with references to beating swords into plowshares.
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Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Social Capital Moving beyond fintech, could swords & sorcery contribute more to the new economy?
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Burrow put all the swords in a room and let each lineman pick theirs out.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips or scepters including extendable items.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
The original sense likely referred to something flat and thin, like a leaf, and later extended to the cutting edges of knives, swords, and other tools.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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
Some warriors were knights clad in armor with oversized swords, hammers and shields.
—Desirae Sin, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Researchers have found evidence of warfare carried out with bows and arrows at Bronze Age sites, and evidence exists from the Early Neolithic about 1,500 years before Charterhouse when weapons like swords began to appear in the historical record, Schulting said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Social Capital Moving beyond fintech, could swords & sorcery contribute more to the new economy?
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Burrow put all the swords in a room and let each lineman pick theirs out.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips or scepters including extendable items.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
The original sense likely referred to something flat and thin, like a leaf, and later extended to the cutting edges of knives, swords, and other tools.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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
Some warriors were knights clad in armor with oversized swords, hammers and shields.
—Desirae Sin, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Researchers have found evidence of warfare carried out with bows and arrows at Bronze Age sites, and evidence exists from the Early Neolithic about 1,500 years before Charterhouse when weapons like swords began to appear in the historical record, Schulting said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Swords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swords. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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