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Recent Examples of pocketknife
Police say Mendez-Marin was found with blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife at the scene.
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Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa , Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
For carry-on bags, avoid bringing full-size shampoo or other liquids, large gels or aerosols and items like pocketknives in carry-on bags.
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ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
Box cutters, pocketknives, Swiss Army knives, and utility knives can cause a hold-up at security checkpoints, and you won’t be allowed to take them on the plane in your carry-on.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
Other items found on Mangione or in his bag included a pocketknife, driver’s license, passport, credit cards, AirPods, protein bar, travel toothpaste and flash drives.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
18 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pocketknife
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa , Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
For carry-on bags, avoid bringing full-size shampoo or other liquids, large gels or aerosols and items like pocketknives in carry-on bags.
—
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
Box cutters, pocketknives, Swiss Army knives, and utility knives can cause a hold-up at security checkpoints, and you won’t be allowed to take them on the plane in your carry-on.
—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
Other items found on Mangione or in his bag included a pocketknife, driver’s license, passport, credit cards, AirPods, protein bar, travel toothpaste and flash drives.
—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocketknife
Noun
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The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
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According to several social media posts on X, someone reportedly brandishing a machete was allegedly shot by an officer or officers.
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Shede Mao, 55, is accused in a criminal complaint and police affidavit of using a machete and dumbbells to slash and bludgeon the 49-year-old victim, whose name had not been formally released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as of Wednesday.
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Messi delivers the dagger Despite thoroughly controlling most of the match, the result was still in doubt late in the second half as Argentina squandered a few opportunities to increase its lead.
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Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment.
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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.
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
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The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
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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.
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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.
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Ballet pink stiletto nails narrow to an airbrushed nude point, with leopard spots and silver chrome stars.
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Christian Louboutin’s Miss Z pumps covered the foot in mirror-bright Vintage Rose laminated calf leather, narrowing into a tapered point above a 100mm stiletto and the house’s red sole.
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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.
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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.
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“Pocketknife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketknife. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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