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sledge

verb

Definition of sledge

as in to spear

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When staking dahlias in late summer, take care to avoid spearing the tubers.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of spear

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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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Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Bigelow’s complaint highlights instances where Toro is alleged to lash out.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of lash

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Vogue Italia describes soft clubbing as moving clubbing out of traditional nightlife venues and into places like bars, bakeries and gardens during morning and brunch hours.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
And Game 5 played out eerily similarly, with Brosius clubbing a two-out, two-run home run against Kim in the ninth to force extra innings.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 11 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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In August 2025, police said, Brown rode the light rail in Charlotte and stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska to death.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026
As an argument started, police said, the other man took out a sharp object and stabbed the 51-year-old in the neck.

— Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of stab

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Who wouldn’t like to whip out a formula that enabled you to judge this action as evil and the other as merely wrong?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Michele plays Darcy Miles, a Pilates Princess and trainer who, when asked to whip her girls into shape, flexes her muscles too hard.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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