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Recent Examples of stiletto
The film opens to Melania leaving Mar-a-Lago professionally dressed and made up, striding atop towering stilettos.
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Elizabeth Spiers, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
The city has a glam reputation, but no one is actually wearing toothpick-thin stilettos like on Emily in Paris, especially in the winter.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
Following the trend of beauty inverted with fashion, press-on stiletto nails—seen in matte white, silver sparkles, and ruby red—were earrings.
—Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
Below is information about Melania Trump's modeling career and photos of her fashion outfits and trademark skinny stiletto high heels.
—Jennifer Sangalang, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Spiers, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
The city has a glam reputation, but no one is actually wearing toothpick-thin stilettos like on Emily in Paris, especially in the winter.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
Following the trend of beauty inverted with fashion, press-on stiletto nails—seen in matte white, silver sparkles, and ruby red—were earrings.
—Essence, 30 Jan. 2026
Below is information about Melania Trump's modeling career and photos of her fashion outfits and trademark skinny stiletto high heels.
—Jennifer Sangalang, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiletto
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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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The organization Knife Rights and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in 2023 in San Diego federal court challenging California’s switchblade prohibition.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 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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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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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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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
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
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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“Stiletto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiletto. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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