nightstick

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Recent Examples of nightstick Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks. Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024 There were hundreds of police — nightsticks out, helmets on, shields down, carrying zip ties. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024 Right Now Paul Buhle, then a history graduate student at UW-Madison and editor of New Left magazine Radical America, participated in the Dow sit-in and managed to avoid the blows of nightsticks. TIME, 10 May 2024 The interrogators used unauthorized dogs, humiliated inmates by forcing them to wear women's underwear, forced detainees into stress positions, and directed a military police sergeant to push and twist a nightstick into a detainee's arm, the investigations found. Matthew Barakat, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nightstick
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Noun
  • Arkansas Game and Fish Commission educators will provide cane poles, rods and reels, bait and tackle and offer fishing tips.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • Meanwhile sugar cane extract gently exfoliates while antioxidants to signs of aging, for overall more vibrant skin tone and improve elasticity.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Five officers, who are also Black, caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit him with a police baton while trying to handcuff him.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
  • Mills acknowledged that the officers were afraid and exhausted, but said some of the methods used on Nichols complied with police department policies, including using wrist locks and hitting with a baton.
    Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025

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“Nightstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightstick. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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