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Recent Examples of halberdDuring different events, the guards will add white gloves, a black helmet and/or the halberd.—Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku.—Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024 Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game.—WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 Among them was Stan Wollman, 69, a member of the New Plimmoth Gard, who was dressed in the armor-plated uniform of a pike officer, complete with a halberd — a long, pole-like weapon tipped with a blade.—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019 For the uninitiated, a halberd is a medieval weapon that looks like a combination of a spear and an axe.—cleveland.com, 18 May 2017 Words like halberd and basilisk became part of my daily vocabulary.—Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2012 Ten minutes later, the president’s motorcade was greeted by Swiss Guards who stood to attention with their halberds and ostrich-plumed helmets.—Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2017
The Seattle Mariners have celebrated home runs by raising a golden trident, and while Shohei Ohtani was still playing for the Angels, the team would celebrate bombs by donning a samurai helmet.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
During those visits, Zelensky wore a simple sweatshirt—also embroidered with the trident.
As the tip of the spear for strategic deterrence, [ballistic missile submarine] operations demonstrate the flexibility, survivability, readiness, resolve, global reach and capability of our undersea force.
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Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
The Trump administration – with Musk and his aides as the tip of the spear – have roiled the federal government with mass layoffs and demands for access to sensitive information at agencies including the Social Security Administration and the National Labor Relations Board.
With about a thousand Mexicans in front of him, Yell charged alone with his sword in hand, apparently killing several Mexicans until brought down by multiple lance wounds.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
But every individual had suffered some sort of devastating injury—like wounds made by swords, lances, daggers and iron bolts.
However, data set to be released later this week could give a glimpse as to what, if anything, could be coming down the pike.
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Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
More than one-third (35 percent) are actively bracing for the future with an anxious eye toward what new trade policy might be coming down the pike, and 59 percent are concerned about what could happen now or in the future.
The Kansas City native excelled in high school track and field as a shot putter, and threw the discus and javelin.
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Bruce Feldman,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
With all of this going on in the house, why, oh why would Jesse Solomon (always both names) hurl himself at Lexi with the velocity of a gold medal javelin throw?
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