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Recent Examples of machete
Shortly after the Season 12 line-up was announced, Kyle Ashman, 23, was dropped from the show after producers discovered that he had previously been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a machete attack.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Officers found two men, one in his 60s and another in his 30s, with injuries from a machete attack, according to the LAPD.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2025
According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 June 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Officers found two men, one in his 60s and another in his 30s, with injuries from a machete attack, according to the LAPD.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2025
According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
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In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history.—
Erin Quinlan,
Architectural Digest,
30 June 2025
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All four had been stabbed multiple times with a large knife.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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The final dagger came from forward Alyssa Thompson in front of a crowd of 18,504 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.—
Meg Linehan,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Those are the choices facing America: Cutting benefits is a dagger pointed directly at the neediest Americans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
Noun
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After investigating, police learned a man, later identified as Robert Dean, of New Mexico, came up behind the victim and stabbed him with a pocketknife in an unprovoked attack, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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Gann had twice previously tested the chemicals, the documents said, each time creating a small explosion, the second one blinding the veteran for about 20 seconds, Inside the bag was a homemade explosive device, binoculars, a pocketknife and a torch lighter.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Baca, who has been leading these workshops since 2011, recalled a moment from one: Everett Cox, a Vietnam War veteran who had kept away from everything military for decades, responded to a prompt of action verbs by expertly stabbing and slashing with an invisible bayonet.—
Dina Litovsky,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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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
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Noun
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But nobody is scuffing the dining table with their stilettos; no one is stargazing out in the garden.—
Kitty Ruskin,
Time,
26 June 2025
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The fashion designer wore her jacket as a minidress with fishnet tights and stilettos while the soccer icon opted for a suit with loafers.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
15 June 2025
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Brown will regain his role as the team’s backup floor general and will thrive as a cutter, screener, and transition player in his minutes with Jokic and Murray.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Grossman said initially the maker space was by appointment only, but now there are open hours where people can make things with a 3D printer, a laser cutter, sublimation machines to put a design on materials, a sewing machine, embroidery equipment and more.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machete. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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