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Recent Examples of machete
Man with machete attacked three people at the 42nd Street-Grand Central subway station Saturday morning before police fatally shot him.
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Julie Walker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Griffin’s machete was recovered at the scene.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), a male suspect, identified by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch as 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, entered the city's major transit hub wielding a machete on Saturday, April 11.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Video footage of the brutal attack showed the gang killing the child with multiple weapons, including a kitchen knife and a machete.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2026
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Julie Walker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Griffin’s machete was recovered at the scene.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), a male suspect, identified by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch as 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, entered the city's major transit hub wielding a machete on Saturday, April 11.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Video footage of the brutal attack showed the gang killing the child with multiple weapons, including a kitchen knife and a machete.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
Noun
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South Carolina is also one of several states that has noted a concerning trend of weapons like knives and blades entering their facilities through drone deliveries.—
Taylor Galgano,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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Gun control activists slammed the moves as dangerous and irresponsible just days after authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and kill the Republican president.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Cold-reading Natalie to steal the dagger?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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There will be mass hallucinations, legal exorcisms, shady book launderers, and scarlet daggers.—
Willa Rubin,
NPR,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Police say Mendez-Marin was found with blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife at the scene.—
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa , Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 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
Noun
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Apart from the optical glass inside, the XC 13-33mm is all plastic, even the bayonet mount that attaches to the camera.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some vehicles, however, have a bayonet-type attachment that uses two screws to hold the wiper in place.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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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.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Erlanger teamed up with the brand to design a collection featuring two elegant high-heel styles — a sculptural stiletto and a platform heel — across 12 colorways, priced at $399.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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The $50 top features a small, red stiletto with the franchise's pitchfork heel embroidered on the chest.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 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 6 May. 2026.
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