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Recent Examples of sheath knife
Keep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.
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Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheath knife
Noun
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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
Noun
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Kaliyah Morales added 14 points, including the dagger with six seconds left, giving NSU a 78-74 lead.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Then Miles knocked down a dagger 3-pointer just before the shot clock expired as TCU took a 68-57 lead with 2 minutes, 47 seconds remaining.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The lens ships with a petal-style hood that ratchets on or off the front bayonet with a twist and can be reversed for easier storage and transport, front and rear caps, and a drawstring pouch.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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Forty-five degree angle with your bayonet, go through the soil, find, find, find, dink dink.—
Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In a lot of the openings, there’s always a scene in the kitchen with a knife.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Mar. 2026
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The younger Hight grabbed a kitchen knife, and Jackson drew his gun.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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Investigators said Moore approached Loncharich in a store aisle and stabbed her in the back with a pocketknife.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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By Bay City News Police are investigating a robbery in Stockton after a man armed with a machete threatened a victim and stole his belongings earlier this week.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Law enforcement officers swarmed an Oakland Park neighborhood early Thursday morning after a Broward sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man armed with a machete, authorities said.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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It was meant to look like a stiletto blade from the Renaissance period, when the banking families were literally fighting each other to create these fonts of generational wealth.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The 52-year-old star accessorized with black pointy-toed stiletto slides, a thigh-grazing brown fluffy coat, and a small black bag.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
4 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sheath knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheath%20knife. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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