Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knobkerries
Noun
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After about a minute and half, Mauldin said, police began to attack the demonstrators with billy clubs.—
Maya Miller,
ProPublica,
15 May 2026 -
Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs.—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 June 2025
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When words lose their original meanings and are repurposed as verbal cudgels, the public sphere becomes a jungle of denunciation, intimidation, and even violence.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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While the conservative pushback and Trump’s cudgels are encouraging some companies to abandon formal DEI policies, analysts say an emphasis on diversity continues and is quietly evolving beneath the surface.—
William Becker,
The Hill,
11 Aug. 2025
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Silvera is especially fond of a moment in which the Swordsman uses Daredevil’s batons.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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Videos on social media show officers in riot gear deploying tear gas and using batons to beat back the demonstrators.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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The edible fruit can be used to make jelly, but watch for thorns on the shrub’s canes.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
27 May 2026
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More to Explore Many of the human props—canes, top hats, desks—used in primate taxidermy became unfashionable in the first half of the nineteenth century, but there were still throwbacks.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2026
Noun
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And men are indeed lengthening their limbs, flying to international clinics, having metal rods inserted into their bones, and then, after a brutal recovery process, relearning how to walk.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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In addition to fishing rods, the park lends out sports equipment and yard games free of charge.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
4 June 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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There’s Xi Jinping mogging Bibi Netanyahu while deafeningly aggro phonk bludgeons away; hype montages paint Marx as history’s greatest theorist and pair Zohran Mamdani quotes with Playboi Carti Die Lit cuts.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Friends and former confidants on college baseball staffs still went out of their way to recommend him.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
6 June 2026
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Some local election officials made a point of preparing their staffs for baseless claims of election fraud in advance of this year’s primaries.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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“Knobkerries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knobkerries. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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