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Recent Examples of pocketknife
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
Other photos depicted the clothes Mangione was wearing at the time of his arrest, along with a pocketknife, zip ties and personal effects.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The two did not interact before Brown stabbed Zarutska with a pocketknife, surveillance video from Charlotte Area Transit System showed.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
When the juveniles returned to take a picture of the vehicle’s license plate, Mumme allegedly exited the building and confronted them with a pocketknife, police said.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Other photos depicted the clothes Mangione was wearing at the time of his arrest, along with a pocketknife, zip ties and personal effects.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The two did not interact before Brown stabbed Zarutska with a pocketknife, surveillance video from Charlotte Area Transit System showed.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
When the juveniles returned to take a picture of the vehicle’s license plate, Mumme allegedly exited the building and confronted them with a pocketknife, police said.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocketknife
Noun
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The employee was then stabbed in the stomach with a knife by Kierianna, prosecutors said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Now, Cecil always flies with the super slim bladeless pocket knife.—
Kristy Alpert,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Like Jason, Widow’s Bay’s Boogeyman sports a machete.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Authorities also determined that Gallimore used his Gurkha Kukri-style machete to slash two vehicles parked at the scene and assaulted a separate individual during the incident, the sheriff’s office alleges.—
Maveah Griffith,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Like Cynthia notes, clearly the rift between Porsha and Shamea is bigger than the show, but from a viewer’s perspective, only one party continues to throw daggers.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Digwa was convicted of murder for stabbing Nowak with a Sikh dagger and sentenced last week to life in prison with a minimum 21-year term.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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By Ali Wunderman June 28, 2021 The Most Dangerous Animals in the World Horns, fangs, and switchblade faces can all be found on these deadly creatures.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Ben Coxworth
May 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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The assailant stabbed the pope with a bayonet, but the assassination attempt was unsuccessful.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 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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Events like Ball Without Billionaires seem to usher in a new chapter in activism – one in which solidarity might also be forged in stilettos.—
Eileen G'Sell,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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So to be fake pregnant in stilettos and chic corporate wear, with full beat, full Kris Jenner beat, was different.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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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 Jun. 2026.
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