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plural of poniard

as in daggers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of poniard

as in quills

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Noun

Weary of seeing people pick their teeth with daggers, Cardinal Richelieu has knives blunted in royal France.

— New York Times, New York Times, 17 July 2026
In his first international meeting with England, Messi had a pair of assists on two late-match daggers that pierced through the hearts of Three Lions’ players and supporters.

— Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 16 July 2026

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Young Washington stars William Franklyn-Miller as Washington, which examines how a single misstep thrusts the future first president into the middle of a global conflict.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
For Smoke, sessions started with yoga and mobility work before moving into glute activation, deadlifts and hip thrusts.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026

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Along the Atlantic coast of Europe a cancer riddles the golden carpet shell clam, Polititapes aureus, yet genotyping showed its cells are not that clam’s at all.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026

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Oakland police released footage Wednesday of a deadly police shooting in mid-July, when two of its officers opened fire on a man who was wielding knives affixed to long metal poles in the city’s Fruitvale District.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Critics have had their knives out for Netflix‘s politically incorrect dark comedy, which debuted over the weekend.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of knives

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Cord cutters can check out DirecTV, Fox One, Fubo, Hulu, Peacock, Sling, and YouTube TV for these games.

— Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
The 14-story neo-Gothic structure (nicknamed the Jewelers Building) once housed five floors alone of diamond cutters, goldsmiths, and other jewelers, with the rest of the building dedicated to other places for wealthy Detroiters to splurge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026

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