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Recent Examples of bowie knifeThe speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024 There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023 Aside from their build, bowie knives serve multiple outdoor purposes.—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023 Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife.—Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018 During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun.—Matthew Sedacca, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
Back on Lexington Common, British troops are sweeping forward, bayonets fixed.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
The trio consisted of Company Sergeant Major Brunton of the Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS), who carried the Sovereign's Banner, Staff Sergeant Lewis of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and Staff Sergeant Bradley from the RAMS, who was given special permission to carry a bayonet in the party.
So our list of regenerative agricultural practices that are suitable for the coffee sector are, for instance, to cut the arms with the scissor and not with the machete.
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Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
The brother grabbed a machete and engaged his father, who’s accused of stabbing him during the fight, prosecutors said.
The employee said the women attacked him with a stiletto shoe, according to KTRK.
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Jennifer Rodriguez,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
For a few hours a day at low tide, architects, teachers, students, police officers, builders, bakers and dog walkers across London swap their stilettos, sneakers and brogues for rubber boots.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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.
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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.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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