cleaver

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Recent Examples of cleaver The House version of the bill, if it's embraced by the Senate, would bring a cleaver down on a great big pile of those carrots. Camila Domonoske, NPR, 3 June 2025 Guns, knives, swords, cleavers, axes, ice picks and flamethrowers will all be put to use in this tale of a revenge. Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 1 June 2025 Then along came President Donald Trump and his cleaver. Editorial, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025 Metal pipes, cleavers, champagne bottles, and Uzis are all in the mix. Mike Miller, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cleaver
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
  • Plus, grab knife sets and a nifty electric can opener to streamline your cooking.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Zarutska, 23, died in a public knife attack on Charlotte Area Transit System’s Lynx Blue Line in late August, and her death heightened discussions about safety on and near the city’s public transit.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Compared to the cutter, which hit the zone 57% of the time, his changeup had a stark 17% zone rate.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Sauer has six pitches in his arsenal, mainly relying on a cutter, four-seam fastball, slider and sinker while also mixing in a split finger and occasional curveball.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cobos-Martinez, 37, is charged with capital murder in the death of Chandra Nagamallaiah, who police say was attacked with a machete in front of his wife and child at a Dallas motel on September 10.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cobos-Martinez is accused of beheading Nagamallaiah during a machete attack in Dallas.
    Kate Plummer Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The dagger in this come-from-behind win was a nine-play drive that ended with a 14-yard touchdown run by none other than McCarthy, who kept the ball on a third-and-1 read option from the Chicago 14-yard line.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Smith’s 36-yard prayer that converted third-and-20 in the final minutes may have been the dagger Sunday, but his completions of 30, 38 and 28 yards on prior scoring drives pulled Las Vegas into the lead.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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