bolo

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Noun
  • In the video, an officer handling a police dog can be heard telling Umana to drop the machete as Umana stood on the sidewalk.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Cops are looking for a man who chopped off most of the fingers on a man’s hand with a machete after a sidewalk dispute in the Bronx erupted over their dogs barking at each other, police said.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • President Herbert Hoover deployed about 3,500 Army soldiers, in addition to police, to remove the veterans with tear gas, bayonets, and by setting fire to their camps, the VA said.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.
    City News Service, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The dagger appears to be 7.5 inches in length when uncovered from under the hairbrush.
    Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Barkley delivered the dagger on the Eagles’ next offensive possession.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sony has a gross horror item called Heart Eyes in which as the red-band trailer shows sees one main character done in with a knife thrust into eye in grisly fashion.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This remains an answer that is balancing on a knife edge depending on how the contract situations of Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold are resolved.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At the Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia, a pocketknife was found shoved inside someone’s shoe.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife?
    Sarah Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • At the Gaurav Gupta show, the rapper wore a futuristic chainmail dress with a matching head piece and reverse stiletto nails.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Manolo Blahnik 5-inch stilettos are usually her go-to kicks for major photo ops.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
    Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
Noun
  • But much of Sasaki’s early success could depend on the effectiveness of his third pitch, an improving slider that has taken several forms for Sasaki over the years — from a slower bender with big spin and break, to a slightly firmer version that acts more like a cutter.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • More news: Dodgers Pitcher Reveals Details of His Recruiting Call With Roki Sasaki Kopech's fastball touched 102 mph last season, a weapon few pitchers are able to pair with his command, along with a plus slider and cutter.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Bolo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolo. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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