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Footage obtained by Fox News and photos by the Associated Press show two protesters, including a woman standing directly in front of a federal agent, being sprayed with what appeared to be mace outside the Portland ICE building.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Mighty Bhima, strongest of the Pandava brothers, defeats Duryodhana by breaking his thighs and crushing his genitals with his mace, literally hitting him below the belt.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Officers also seized burglary tools, window punch tools, bear mace, face masks, headlamps, and handheld communication radios, according to police.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2025
But on the ground for Grenada’s carnival – dubbed Spicemas for the island’s trove of nutmeg, mace, cloves, and cinnamon – that legacy of rebellion is inescapable.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Mighty Bhima, strongest of the Pandava brothers, defeats Duryodhana by breaking his thighs and crushing his genitals with his mace, literally hitting him below the belt.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Officers also seized burglary tools, window punch tools, bear mace, face masks, headlamps, and handheld communication radios, according to police.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2025
But on the ground for Grenada’s carnival – dubbed Spicemas for the island’s trove of nutmeg, mace, cloves, and cinnamon – that legacy of rebellion is inescapable.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
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To help your plants establish, make sure to get potted raspberries in the ground at least 4 to 6 weeks before frost is expected, or choose bare root canes, which are dormant and can be planted even later in the season, as long as the ground isn't frozen.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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While many families serve yeast rolls or buttery garlic bread alongside their main courses, the dinners eaten around the oak table of my childhood featured pillowy soft biscuits with a side of cane syrup.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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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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Her eyes are big and sad, and her index finger touches the tip of the nightstick hanging from the policeman’s belt.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Rosenthal said the idea of passing on the baton at Tribeca had been in our mind for some time.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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While foreign investors lit the fuse on this year’s rally, domestic players have taken the baton forward.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 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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For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Trump has wielded them like a cudgel to get better trade deals with other countries.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Erin Simkin—Netflix Advertisement Likability can be a cudgel against female characters, and, thanks to Girls, Konner is used to dealing with questions on that subject.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
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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The next unethical president on the left will happily use whatever government bludgeon this administration fashions to pummel the right.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
20 Sep. 2025
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Crouch then allegedly returned to his vehicle to obtain a baseball bat, which he is accused of using to break into the family’s Mercedes SUV before turning the bat on the victim, subsequently striking her in the head, arm and legs.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Royals will look for more impact bats this offseason and could turn back to Yastrzemski if needed.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
3 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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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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