as in baton
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmaster's educational tools
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Recent Examples of cane
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Bottled at 55% ABV, Le 55 Rhum delivers a vivid expression of cane and terroir, and its success speaks to the rising appreciation for cane juice spirits.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
Furnishings vary from room to room, featuring different styles of settees, including some made from caning and wicker materials.
—Lori Weisberg, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
To scale our recipe accordingly, pour in 3 3/4 ounces each of light rum, vodka, tequila, whiskey, and gin, along with 2 1/2 ounces sorghum or cane syrup (simple syrup works too), 2 ounces lime juice, and 2 ounces lemon juice.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Bottled at 55% ABV, Le 55 Rhum delivers a vivid expression of cane and terroir, and its success speaks to the rising appreciation for cane juice spirits.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
Rattan appears in just the stool and card table, while complementary materials like raffia, caning, and jute help anchor the room with a neutral foundation.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
Furnishings vary from room to room, featuring different styles of settees, including some made from caning and wicker materials.
—Lori Weisberg, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cane
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Alite provided loans at exorbitant rates before threatening violence to collect on them, authorities said, citing the discovery in his home of metal knuckles, an expandable baton, six baseball bats and about two dozen knives, including switchblades.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Officers can use voice commands, and if those don’t work options include pepper spray, a baton, a TASER or fire extinguisher, though some are more difficult to use on a fast-moving animal, the directive says.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Verb
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There was lace everywhere and leather too.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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From Ikebana studios in Kyoto to leather workshops in Florence and tartan looms in Stirling, a growing number of trips now build entire itineraries around a single craft.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Grey has been pegged as the future of NXT and giving her the title would certainly strap a rocket to her back.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
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Companies run teleoperation farms where people strap into VR rigs and exoskeletons and pilot robots through the same dull tasks over and over, logging every motion as training data.—
Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.—
Kyle Smith,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2020
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In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian,
12 Mar. 2018
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Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.—
Timothy Ryback,
TIME,
26 Apr. 2024
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Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2023
Verb
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There, he got sucked in — to blackjack, poker, roulette.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
5 Apr. 2026
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Kyle Kirkland, head of the California Gaming Association, told CBS News Sacramento this would outlaw blackjack and allow for stricter changes to player-dealer games.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Some go further, flagellating themselves or using a sword to strike their forehead to draw blood.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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In the mid-eighties, Habermas went after conservative historians who felt that Germans should no longer flagellate themselves over the Nazi past.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Verb
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An expensive dollar also scourges industries that compete with imports.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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McCarter also has several outstanding requests related to the open-air drug market and homelessness scourge at and around Mass and Cass, of which he’s been particularly outspoken about in recent months as a resident of a hot-spot spillover area in the South End, according to his lawsuit.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
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“Cane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cane. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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