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Recent Examples of machete
Investigators said a machete and a bloody knife were located inside Saravia Martinez’s tent.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
When authorities arrived at the home, the man had a machete, authorities said, according to the outlet.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
On one walk, Paul pressed his machete to one tree to show us its black sap, calling it sangre de drago.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2026
Although the Voorhees family is returning to the screen, don’t expect Crystal Lake to feature a machete-wielding bloodbath.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
When authorities arrived at the home, the man had a machete, authorities said, according to the outlet.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
On one walk, Paul pressed his machete to one tree to show us its black sap, calling it sangre de drago.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2026
Although the Voorhees family is returning to the screen, don’t expect Crystal Lake to feature a machete-wielding bloodbath.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
Noun
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Dressed ominously in brown combat garb with black leather gloves and a hunting knife strapped to her back, the German actress tries several takes as rush hour revs up.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Using scissors, or knives that aren’t sharp may crush the vascular tissue and prevent the flowers from taking up water, leading to faster decline.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Most of the crowd is talking quietly among themselves, oblivious to Trevor Yeakley’s gaze, except for two men staring daggers right back at him.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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That’s reflected in the cover art, which uses 1970s-style typography and features the image of a dagger slicing through a mirror ball, drawing blood from the disco totem.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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Investigators said Moore approached Loncharich in a store aisle and stabbed her in the back with a pocketknife.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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 law prohibits the sale and distribution of screw-base and bayonet-base compact fluorescent lamps.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Jan. 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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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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Davis stabbed the father eight times with a switchblade in the stomach, face, neck and arm, and the victim’s wife called 911, prosecutors said.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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The brand’s Clara listings widely cite a 4cm heel height for the style, keeping the profile formal without pushing into stiletto scale.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Fifty Shades of Grey alum added on a white leather handbag by the same brand, topping off her look with knee-high stiletto boots by Aquazzura.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 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 18 Feb. 2026.
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