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Recent Examples of machete
By Bay City News Police are investigating a robbery in Stockton after a man armed with a machete threatened a victim and stole his belongings earlier this week.
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Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Law enforcement officers swarmed an Oakland Park neighborhood early Thursday morning after a Broward sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man armed with a machete, authorities said.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
The machete-wielding, fentanyl-dealing community.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Then there was the time when his father responded to a call and was met by the home’s owner, armed with a machete and intent on burning down his own house.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Law enforcement officers swarmed an Oakland Park neighborhood early Thursday morning after a Broward sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man armed with a machete, authorities said.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
The machete-wielding, fentanyl-dealing community.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Then there was the time when his father responded to a call and was met by the home’s owner, armed with a machete and intent on burning down his own house.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
Noun
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Firefighters said that one person was hospitalized with injuries sustained in the incident, and Los Angeles police said that the person's injuries were consistent with a knife wound.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Flat front panel and knife pleats around the back.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hawkeyes sharpshooter Alvaro Folgueiras delivered the dagger — a wide-open 3-pointer from the corner.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Tozier hit a dagger 3 with 48 seconds left and Gudeman made a layup with 20 seconds left for the final score.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody at the scene, and authorities recovered the weapon, described as a folding pocketknife.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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The lens ships with a petal-style hood that ratchets on or off the front bayonet with a twist and can be reversed for easier storage and transport, front and rear caps, and a drawstring pouch.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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Forty-five degree angle with your bayonet, go through the soil, find, find, find, dink dink.—
Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Noun
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The organization Knife Rights and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in 2023 in San Diego federal court challenging California’s switchblade prohibition.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Her eight-inch stilettos proved to be a bit of an issue though.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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At Dior, jeans wide and relaxed with aged washed or straight and ending neatly above stilettos.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machete. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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