billy club

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Recent Examples of billy club On that day, civil rights marchers, protesting for voting rights for Black Americans, were attacked by state troopers with tear gas, billy clubs, and horses. Kathy Schmitz, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025 Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs. Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025 As the handmaids spill into the crowd, using their knives at will, Phoebe gets hold of a gun and a billy club and uses both as though she’s been professionally trained. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025 Law enforcement attacked 600 of the protesters with billy clubs and tear gas. Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for billy club
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billy club
Noun
  • Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Snappers, snakes, toy pistols with caps and toy canes with caps are the only fireworks allowed.
    Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • In 1979, de Halden accepted an invitation to take up the baton of festival head at the Berlin Film Festival, leaving his wife to lead Nyon with his support until 1993.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 July 2026
  • Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally.
    Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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