rapier

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Recent Examples of rapier After signing for Liverpool, the rapier striker impressed on her debut season in the Women’s Super League. Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 So, Namco filled out the roster with the likes of Astaroth, who wields a screen-filling axe, and Raphael, who opts for a paper-thin rapier. Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025 As for weapons, Jon Snow’s Valyrian steel sword, Longclaw; Arya Stark’s rapier, Needle and Jaime Lannister’s Oathkeeper are among the offerings. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2024 Officers discovered a Subaru Outback parked near the Capitol in July with a rifle, a handgun, multiple knives, axes, a halberd, a rapier sword and a bow and arrow. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 Jan. 2021 See All Example Sentences for rapier
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Noun
  • Or look to heavy-duty hooks Made from heavy-duty steel, these hooks can hold up to 265 pounds.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The International Energy Agency (IEA) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have both identified CCS as an essential tool to reduce emissions from carbon-intensive sectors like power, cement, and steel.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And a sellout crowd in Fort Fun seeing Timmy Chang’s Rainbow Warriors up close only made the contrasts sharper — like the edge of a cavalry saber.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • More concerning, Russian nuclear saber rattling has reanimated concerns in Europe and elsewhere that revisionist powers might use nuclear coercion to pursue wars of aggression.
    MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUÉLLAR, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bionca Ellis, 34, stole two knives from the Volunteers of America Thrift Store next to the Giant Eagle supermarket in North Olmsted on June 3, 2024, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The mother was about to load her groceries into her vehicle when Ellis ran at them with a knife, stabbing the toddler twice before walking away.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Rapier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapier. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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