death's-heads

plural of death's-head

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Noun
  • Some polls have shown movement toward greater support for climate action among survivors of climate disasters.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Recent polls show that Machado is the only politician whom a majority of Venezuelans support.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, remaining hides, skulls, and hoofs could be made into glue.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026
  • In an effort to starve the Native Americans of the Great Plains, white settlers massacred many millions of North American buffalo between 1870 and 1890, piling the animals’ skulls into monstrous mounds reaching up to the sky.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Speaking of pates, Dunk also visits the blacksmith, Steely Pate, who offers to sell him armor for 800 stags, or cheaper armor for 600.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Images from Indonesia's Presidential Secretariat show several polished stone ax heads and ceremonial objects traditionally associated with Papuan societies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images Formula 1 heads to Hungary this weekend for the last race on the calendar before the annual three-week summer break.
    Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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