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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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Recent Examples of swords
One man in Northampton County offered seven swords to anyone willing to fight the new tax.
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Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
According to Robert Sadowski, director of the Military Museum, the find is one of three or four such swords in Poland, read the Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s press release.
—David Chiu, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Several other artifacts were discovered at the site, including pieces of broken swords and daggers, plus household items like fishhooks, clothing fasteners, pieces of copper vessels and more, per the research.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
There are dragons and trolls in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, along with important swords and a race of long-lived elflike people called the Sithi, but Williams subverts the usual tropes.
—Sarah Jones, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
In a melee of swords, daggers and pistols, Maynard’s men, most of them injured, overwhelmed Blackbeard, leaving him shot five times and cut 20.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
The hoard consisted of 4,000 objects and broken fragments, including many war items such as swords and helmets.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
The film, written with John Logan and William Nicholson, solidified Russell Crowe as a Hollywood star and remains a key example of the swords-and-sandals genre.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
The swords are still at the British Museum, but the researchers say they will eventually be repatriated to Iran.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
According to Robert Sadowski, director of the Military Museum, the find is one of three or four such swords in Poland, read the Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s press release.
—David Chiu, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Several other artifacts were discovered at the site, including pieces of broken swords and daggers, plus household items like fishhooks, clothing fasteners, pieces of copper vessels and more, per the research.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
There are dragons and trolls in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, along with important swords and a race of long-lived elflike people called the Sithi, but Williams subverts the usual tropes.
—Sarah Jones, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
In a melee of swords, daggers and pistols, Maynard’s men, most of them injured, overwhelmed Blackbeard, leaving him shot five times and cut 20.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
The hoard consisted of 4,000 objects and broken fragments, including many war items such as swords and helmets.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
The film, written with John Logan and William Nicholson, solidified Russell Crowe as a Hollywood star and remains a key example of the swords-and-sandals genre.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
The swords are still at the British Museum, but the researchers say they will eventually be repatriated to Iran.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Swords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swords. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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