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Recent Examples of pocketknife
While the Swiss Army knife and similar pocketknives were banned after 9/11, in recent years, some policy changes, such as by the FAA, now allow small knives on commercial planes.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocketknife
Noun
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Made In brought the chef knives, crafted in France with denim knife handles, and backed by chefs Daily and Greg Ryan, founders of Bells Restaurant in Los Alamos, CA.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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View gallery - 14 images With retail prices starting under 20 bucks, and a sleek, simple combination of wood handle, hard steel blade and no-fuss twisting ring locks, Opinel knives are one of the true ageless classics of the folding knife market.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Zakrzewski then called to each of his children separately to come brush their teeth before attacking them each with the machete.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Following the cast reveal for the new season of the ITV2 series, it was confirmed that Kyle Ashman would not enter the villa after being a suspect in a machete attack incident.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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Months earlier, a pair of pedestrians found a 2,500-year-old dagger on a Polish beach, on the coast of the Baltic Sea.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The cancelation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert emerged last week like a dagger through the heart of late-night.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
Noun
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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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In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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Lots of people died fighting for this in – in just horrific struggles when the main form of killing was a bayonet.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
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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Tyla completed her look with strappy, peep-toe stilettos and accessorized with minimal jewelry.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Aug. 2025
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In addition to being still, people have also done the pose in stilettos while surfing, doing squats and drinking.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.—
Jon Grinspan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
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“Pocketknife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketknife. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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