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Recent Examples of hilt
The popular host of The Running Man is Bobby T. (played to the hilt by Colman Domingo), a slick showman whose commentary is both unctuous and sadistic.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Fire dances off the hilt of the katana in her hand.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
From hilt to blade, the sword is adorned with rich symbolism.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Fire dances off the hilt of the katana in her hand.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
From hilt to blade, the sword is adorned with rich symbolism.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilt
Noun
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In his opening remarks, committee lead lawyer Victor Dawes said the likeliest cause of the fire was that cigarettes lit other materials on fire on a platform in an air shaft between two low-level units in Wang Cheong House.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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In his opening remarks, committee lead lawyer Victor Dawes said the most likely cause of the fire was cigarettes that lit other materials on fire on a platform in an air shaft between two low-level units in Wang Cheong House.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Taylor’s voice, as guileless and elegant as ever, ties together what could have been a random-feeling assemblage of tunes in a silky bow.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
14 Mar. 2026
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Paris Fashion Week wrapped on Tuesday, putting a bow on a whirlwind four weeks of runway shows across New York, London, Milan, and Paris.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Authentic sorrow fed on the performance of sorrow, in a never-ending loop.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Nearly 30,000 motorists use the tunnels each day as residents travel to work in Oakland or make the clockwise loop through Chinatown on to I-880 north, according to the Alameda County Transportation Commission.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Hilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilt. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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