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Recent Examples of mace
Loki responds by aiming his mace to obliterate the old man, ready to snuff out his act of defiance.
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Self-defense items such as mace, kitty claws, or brass knuckles will be detected and surely require additional screening.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Self-defense items such as mace, kitty claws, or brass knuckles will be detected and surely require additional screening.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for mace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
Noun
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The minutes-long standstill forced several people into the street; many more, including my husband and his cane, engaged in a potentially perilous stutter-step around the two knee-high, randomly moving yet noncommunicative vehicles.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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As the Latin American and Caribbean flags waved across the giant sea of fans, with several people wearing the quintessentially Colombian black-and-white cane-fiber hats known as sombreros vueltiaos, a little girl sat atop her parent’s shoulders screaming with joy.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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He was also accused of stabbing the boy with a knife, hitting him with a nightstick and slamming his head into a vehicle.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Barrett said another video released Monday showed an activist taking a baton away from an officer as protesters tried to rush the gate to the facility.—
Scott Bauer,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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But Adami cautioned investors against overthinking the baton-passing.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 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
Noun
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The three main mayoral candidates seem to have finally prioritized the problem, or at least understand its value as a cudgel against each other.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2026
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The ostensible fear is that of identity hardening into a cudgel, foreshortening a character’s emotional palette.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Iran practices honest bludgeon work.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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But Beshear hasn’t turned Trump-bashing into a 24/7 vocation, or a weight-lifting contest where the winner is the critic wielding the heaviest bludgeon.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Golinski was more confident when the ball met the bat than Kirk was, so there was no posing or admiring the rare shot.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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And Lopez isn’t sacrificing quality at-bats for more power.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And almost certainly cross $1 billion globally, with $2 billy still in its sights.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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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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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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