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
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Noun
  • However, cane begonias, rex begonias, and wax begonias all adapt well to indoor living and can either be grown as permanent houseplants or moved back outdoors after winter.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane.
    — Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Her granddaughter Susan Crater, a Georgetown Law School graduate and former lawyer, picked up the baton, brought the archives to the marketplace and started textiles and wall covering firm Sister Parish Designs in 2000.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In July, Manila accused Chinese forces of firing water cannons at government vessels near Scarborough Shoal and striking a Philippine Navy staff member in the head with a wooden baton during an encounter at Second Thomas Shoal.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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