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Recent Examples of halberd
During different events, the guards will add white gloves, a black helmet and/or the halberd.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halberd
Noun
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Total weight for the new trident is 3,307 lb (1,500 kg).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 July 2025
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Towards the end of the season, Ancelotti appeared to show more trust in Guler by putting him on the right side of the trident as Rodrygo was frozen out for key matches such as the Spanish top flight title-deciding episode of El Clasico won 4-3 by the Catalans in Montjuic.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Frazer tried a spear but Ciampa used his core strength to raise himself up and dive Frazer.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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But Reigns stepped in the way and took the brutal spear.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ali reportedly tried to use a handheld harpoon while trying to access the apartment through the house’s front door before trying to break a window and smash his way inside.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Once the lander’s three legs absorb the landing shock, Philae will anchor itself in the comet’s surface by firing two harpoons while using a thruster to counteract the force of the harpoons.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Nov. 2014
Noun
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Other perennial species are starting to become more widely available at specialty nurseries including lance leaf blanket flower, Gaillardia aestivalis, which is native to the southeastern United States.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 July 2025
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Flame-retardant foams do little, and fire departments now favor high-pressure water lances or immersion pits.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 June 2025
Noun
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With the parade of remakes, reboots and re-imagined series that have come down the pike in recent years, Otterson notes that the bar for breathing new life into vintage IP is very high.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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Fishing enthusiasts will find plenty to love, too, as Torch Lake is home to a wide variety of fish, including lake trout, smallmouth bass, pike, whitefish, and yellow perch.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
21 July 2025
Noun
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The senior placed first at the Div. 1 championship in both javelin and discus.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
6 July 2025
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The triumph marked the Missouri program’s first individual javelin national title and a new personal-best throw for Barrios Bornacelli, shattering a mark of 190-11 set at the SEC Outdoor Championships on May 15 in Lexington, Kentucky.—
Jacob Louraine,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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“Halberd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halberd. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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