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halberds

noun

variants also halberts

plural of halberd

as in spears

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Reigns won the match with three spears in a row in a perfect singles match that had zero interference.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
More stomps and spears from the two men without a referee kept the match going.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of spears

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Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms).

— Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.

— Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of tridents

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Humans have been throwing javelins for a few hundred thousand years, yet performance has largely plateaued.

— R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
The Tofinu took refuge in the lagoons along the Bight of Benin, a core area of the slave trade, venturing forth in canoes with harpoons, javelins, and swords to fight off raiders from powerful nearby kingdoms.

— Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026

Definition of javelins

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It is easily knocked over but practical for indoor use when a flat ground base is too big and a steel pike would damage the floors.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
However, those negotiations remain quite choppy; plus, plenty of inflationary risks are in the pike as higher oil and fertilizer prices work their way through the economy in the coming months.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

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