Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knobkerrie
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With 30 points of articulation, plus his signature mace, blaster, and interchangeable hands, it’s built for dynamic posing and display.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026 -
In return, agents sprayed mace, tear gas and threw smoke bombs at protesters.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Here, a neutral palette, cane furniture, and botanical textiles lend the accommodation a cozy, comfortable feel.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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Fall-fruiting raspberries fruit on canes that grew in the current season (primocanes), whereas summer-bearing raspberries only develop fruit on second-year canes (floricanes).—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the move to obliterate diversity, equity and inclusion, one word — merit — has stood out as an effective cudgel.—
Kenji Yoshino,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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In the first year of his second presidency, Trump seemed determined to avoid doing much of this work, and to instead use the weight and leverage of the executive branch as a cudgel to batter opponents and drive changes in their behavior.—
Yuval Levin,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Federal officers wielded batons and deployed flash-bang devices against the crowd.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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Agents pushed back demonstrators with a barrage of stinger ball grenades, pepper balls, tear gas and baton rounds.—
Robert Costa,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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Peaceful protest marches were met with truncheons and bullets, and within two days, hundreds of people lay dead — at the hands of their own military.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of people crowded the runway to greet Ali, pushing against a cordon of soldiers armed with truncheons.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Not since the segregationist Southern states deployed dogs, fire hoses and nightsticks against civil rights activists in the early 1960s has any government entity in the U.S. wielded force against its own citizens to this extent.—
Ronald Brownstein,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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With the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other instruments of force as his bludgeon, Khamenei has chosen bloodshed over conciliation.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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But in the months leading up to the vote, the topic increasingly turned into a political bludgeon and partisan blame game.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
20 Nov. 2025
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Since then, billy woods has dropped Golliwog, while Elucid did the solo album Revelator.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mountain goats, especially mature billies, are very predictable in their daily routines this time of year, Richard told me.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Knobkerrie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knobkerrie. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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