billy club

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Recent Examples of billy club In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history. Erin Quinlan, Architectural Digest, 30 June 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
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Noun
  • Soon after, images of Blair walking red carpets with a jeweled cane went viral, symbolizing a new kind of beauty and strength.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025
  • One older woman, sparkling in a long gown, worked the carpet before collecting her cane and a Neiman’s shopping bag from a handler.
    Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Up-and-comer status gifted el Khaleel’s group, Mantronix, with the glory of a four-hundred-dollar gig at the rec center, home to youth basketball games, baton-twirling competitions, after-school child care, and — on occasion — community concerts.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Iger, who had passed the CEO baton in early 2020 and wrapped his affiliation with Disney at the end of 2021, ended up being asked to return to the corner office by the board amid flagging confidence in Chapek.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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