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sledge

verb

Definition of sledge

as in to spear

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The Young Bucks went for a BTE Trigger, but Cope accidentally speared Cage while trying to break it up.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
There are frightening stories of swordfish charging boats, and even spearing their transoms and whacking propellers.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

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Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain cases.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
In 1994, American teenager Michael Fay was caned at a Singaporean prison for vandalism, a day after his sentence was reduced from six lashes to four in response to an appeal by President Bill Clinton.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026

Definition of cane

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Bruce Springsteen was standing up to the president, while universities and law firms were being cudgeled and cowed.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.

— Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024

Definition of cudgel

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Voters may not buy it, and politicians may find themselves on the bad side of a president who’s been known to lash out against those who oppose him.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
This week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers underscored rising global trade tensions, with several countries, including the US, lashing out at China.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of lash

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The North Siders clubbed an all-time team record of nine home runs in a single game, routing their rival Milwaukee Brewers 17-3 at Wrigley Field − and ending August with 62 round-trippers for the month, another team record.

— Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
The Cubs blasted a franchise-record nine home runs in the victory, with star third baseman Alex Bregman clubbing three of them.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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Curb cuts didn't become federally mandated until the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed in 1990, 45 years after the first ramps were sledgehammered into curbs by activists.

— Tracy King, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Pavement was real end-of-the-century stuff, punk’s ethos of sledgehammering critique stripped of its former heroism and shock value.

— Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025

Definition of sledgehammer

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Up to this point, Ghostface victims have been stabbed with Buck 120 hunting knives, crushed by garage doors, shot, electrocuted, and thrown off rooftops in ferocious, balls-to-the-wall Scream fashion.

— Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
The Sheriff’s Office has blamed the crowding in part on Iryna’s Law, legislation named for the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Blue Line light rail in 2025.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of stab

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Into the work, esparza’s has also added a scene from the Florentine Codex showing a Spaniard whipping an Indigenous person and images of ICE raids in LA and Chicago, connecting centuries of oppression together.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Many Hoosiers whip out their smartphones to pay for a latte or a drink at a bar.

— Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2026

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