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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poniards
Noun
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There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025 -
Only swords, axes, and daggers are permitted.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The trip by Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, to China for a grand military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the official end of World War II in the Pacific, is her first international diplomatic outing and thrusts her to the forefront of the world stage.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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When the state attorney’s office steps in, the prosecution pushes back, resulting in a legal and political tug of war that thrusts Adnan’s case into chaotic uncertainty.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bloody corridors are filled with screeching buzzsaws, slashing knives and earlier victims hanging on meat hooks.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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The device is suitable for sharpening most straight-edge knives.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Any trip to the dark night skies of our Southern California deserts reveals a vista full of wonder and mystery — riddles that astrophysicists like myself spend our days unraveling.—
Steven R. Furlanetto,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With Jokic orchestrating at the elbow or top of the arc, cutters find seams that few (or in some cases any) other passers have the ability to exploit.—
Joel Rush,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Today there was a lot more cutters inside to righties.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Poniards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poniards. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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