hatchet men

noun

plural of hatchet man
1
as in attack dogs

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as in belletrists

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  1. pit bulls
  2. hacks
Noun
  • This is especially important for reactive dogs that can't be around other dogs and working dogs that are bred to have a job, like German shepherds, Dobermans, pit bulls, Belgian Malinois, and Australian shepherds.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Last July, a man was fatally attacked by a pair of pit bulls in a backyard attack in Lancaster.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
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  • Copper peptides have become the darling of social media skin care hacks.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The July hack by rogue OpenAI autonomous agents on open-source developer platform Hugging Face accelerated the shift and proved that the era of advanced AI hacks had arrived.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
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