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crosier

noun

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Definition of crosier

as in crook

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Recent Examples of crosier Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025 Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door. — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 McElroy moved slowly during the service, often resting his hands on a wooden crosier, a staff shaped like a shepherd’s crook. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022

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Noun

To my knowledge, Carney’s creator is neither crook nor salesman, but Whitehead can lay claim to those other two mantles.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Also in his orbit are a consortium of crooks, including his cousin Freddie, a hip junkie, and Pepper, a taciturn hoodlum who was friends with Ray’s dad, Big Mike, a legendary thief.

— Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of crook

Noun

Subsequent video reported by ABC 7 showed law enforcement gathered around weapons the suspect appeared to have in their possession, which the outlet identifies as including firearms, a hammer and a knife.

— Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Later that year, an intruder broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of hammer

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After butterflying the breast, place a piece of plastic wrap or parchment on top and use a meat mallet or small, heavy skillet to pound it to an even thickness.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 21 June 2026
Diana held a croquet mallet during a game at Itchenor, West Sussex, as seen in this 1970 portrait.

— Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of mallet

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In the parking lot, Schenk offered us walking sticks for our hike, then led us through a gate in a chain-link fence meant to keep out wild pigs.

— Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Its contents range from 19th-century anti-aging pills, to biologist Charles Darwin’s walking stick, to striking nude self-portraits by then-sexagenarian British photographer John Coplans.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026

Definition of walking stick

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In a paper published this month in PLOS One, Alaei and her colleagues propose an alternative - employing a suite of superworms, a kind of hefty beetle larva that can capably pick a variety of animal skeletons clean.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026
Gardeners can naturally reduce beetle populations and protect their landscapes by planting geraniums among more susceptible ornamentals.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026

Definition of beetle

Noun

While Wales prop Ben Warren was in the sin-bin for an upright tackle, winger Kurt-Lee Arendse crossed and South Africa finished the humid night with a try from a lineout maul by flanker Paul de Villiers, the man of the match in his third cap.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
While many college corners lean on lax officiating to grab and maul, Johnson stays disciplined.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026

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