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Recent Examples of machete
As the clash escalated, the victim was stabbed in the left eye and right shoulder with a large knife, possibly a machete.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
Two people were arrested in the aftermath of a home invasion in Monroe County, Michigan, where deputies said one of the intruders used a machete to cause extensive damage inside.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Trash and graffiti accumulated; a maintenance worker was reportedly chased off by a machete-wielding transient.
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Max Kutner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2026
One of the attackers was armed with a machete, according to KTLA.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
Two people were arrested in the aftermath of a home invasion in Monroe County, Michigan, where deputies said one of the intruders used a machete to cause extensive damage inside.
—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Trash and graffiti accumulated; a maintenance worker was reportedly chased off by a machete-wielding transient.
—
Max Kutner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2026
One of the attackers was armed with a machete, according to KTLA.
—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
Noun
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The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
Noun
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Messi delivers the dagger Despite thoroughly controlling most of the match, the result was still in doubt late in the second half as Argentina squandered a few opportunities to increase its lead.
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Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment.
Noun
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Brown, 34, could face the death penalty in the killing of Zarutska, who was stabbed from behind with a pocketknife while seated and looking at her phone in an unprovoked attack on August 22, 2025.
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The teen said Katz had bought him a spinning ring and a pocketknife and gifts for his siblings that included a Nintendo Switch.
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The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
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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.
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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.
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It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
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Ballet pink stiletto nails narrow to an airbrushed nude point, with leopard spots and silver chrome stars.
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Christian Louboutin’s Miss Z pumps covered the foot in mirror-bright Vintage Rose laminated calf leather, narrowing into a tapered point above a 100mm stiletto and the house’s red sole.
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Miguel Vargas then hit a 1-1 cutter from Mitch Spence over the left-field wall for his 18th home run of the season to give the Sox a 3-0 lead.
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His last three cutter-drones raced past the frightened spawn siblings to the wall.
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machete. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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