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The murderer infamously used an ice ax; Trotsky died in a hospital the next day.
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Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Prosecutors said evidence showed that Gunnarsson put on gloves, which were found at the scene, then used a 24-inch-long ice ax to strike Pham in the head, face, and neck more than 10 times.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
Five days earlier, U.S. Forest Service employees had seen a man walking from that car toward the glacier — about 12 miles northwest of downtown Juneau — wearing a T-shirt and carrying an ice ax and a climbing helmet.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
Ramón Mercader, an agent of Joseph Stalin’s, slipped into Leon Trotsky’s study in Mexico City in 1940 and sank an ice ax into his head.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 19 June 2023
Powell has pleaded not guilty to eight counts, including felony destruction of federal property and obstruction of a congressional proceeding after allegedly carrying an ice ax and a large wooden pole into the Capitol while wearing a pink hat and using a bullhorn.
—Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
Mekha El-Rashidi checked his ice ax's hold, the grip of the crampon claws on his boots, the tension in the ropes.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2023
That can include not only snowshoes and ski poles but also an ice ax and crampons.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
Libecki regularly swings the stove like a weapon into a rock or hits it with an ice ax to remove ice from the exterior.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2020
Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Prosecutors said evidence showed that Gunnarsson put on gloves, which were found at the scene, then used a 24-inch-long ice ax to strike Pham in the head, face, and neck more than 10 times.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
Five days earlier, U.S. Forest Service employees had seen a man walking from that car toward the glacier — about 12 miles northwest of downtown Juneau — wearing a T-shirt and carrying an ice ax and a climbing helmet.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
Ramón Mercader, an agent of Joseph Stalin’s, slipped into Leon Trotsky’s study in Mexico City in 1940 and sank an ice ax into his head.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 19 June 2023
Powell has pleaded not guilty to eight counts, including felony destruction of federal property and obstruction of a congressional proceeding after allegedly carrying an ice ax and a large wooden pole into the Capitol while wearing a pink hat and using a bullhorn.
—Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
Mekha El-Rashidi checked his ice ax's hold, the grip of the crampon claws on his boots, the tension in the ropes.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2023
That can include not only snowshoes and ski poles but also an ice ax and crampons.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
Libecki regularly swings the stove like a weapon into a rock or hits it with an ice ax to remove ice from the exterior.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1800, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice ax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20ax. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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