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Recent Examples of dirk
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Additionally, one person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dirk or dagger, police said.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
Richardson, who is in federal custody, was originally charged with a felony count of criminal threats, a felony count of possessing brass knuckles, a count of possessing a dirk or dagger, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a large-capacity magazine.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
He has been charged on suspicion of committing three felonies, making criminal threats, possession of brass knuckles and possession of a dirk or dagger, Orange County prosecutors said in a criminal complaint.
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David K. Li,
NBC news,
4 Sep. 2025
Misdemeanor carry concealed dirk or dagger, 3000 block Ocean Front Walk, 1:18 p.m.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
9 Aug. 2023
Noun
Police said Johnson was on probation for a previous conviction for possession of a dirk or dagger at the time of his arrest.
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Tim Fang,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Additionally, one person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dirk or dagger, police said.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
Richardson, who is in federal custody, was originally charged with a felony count of criminal threats, a felony count of possessing brass knuckles, a count of possessing a dirk or dagger, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a large-capacity magazine.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
He has been charged on suspicion of committing three felonies, making criminal threats, possession of brass knuckles and possession of a dirk or dagger, Orange County prosecutors said in a criminal complaint.
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David K. Li,
NBC news,
4 Sep. 2025
Misdemeanor carry concealed dirk or dagger, 3000 block Ocean Front Walk, 1:18 p.m.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
9 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirk
Noun
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Messi delivers the dagger Despite thoroughly controlling most of the match, the result was still in doubt late in the second half as Argentina squandered a few opportunities to increase its lead.
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Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment.
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
Noun
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The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
Verb
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.
Noun
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The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
Verb
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You were thrust into the spotlight at such a young age.
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Not far from the arsenal monument, however, rests someone whose life from that time has just been thrust back into focus.
Noun
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It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
Verb
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The inventor, Bud Wilcox, wanted to reduce the number of painful finger pricks his grandson faced each day.
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Nearly 40 minutes passed before help for a size (that technology has already pricked my appetite for) arrived.
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“Dirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirk. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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