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Recent Examples of stilettoThe picture of effortless cool—much like her iconic parents, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, before her—the British-French actress and singer wore a flirty gold polka-dot Saint Laurent minidress and sky-high stilettos.—Paul Chi, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025 To top off this two-piece of dress pants and blazer with a side pocket embellishment, Hathaway added a white poplin shirt and accessorized with stiletto sandals with gold accents to match her gold evening bag and the Versace emblem.—María Munsuri, Glamour, 4 May 2025 The former fashion model, the first practicing Catholic to serve as first lady since Jacqueline Kennedy, attended the April 26 service in a double breasted coat dress paired with a traditional veil, gloves and black stilettos.—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025 In addition to its breezy fit, the dress has cinched, quarter-length sleeves and a tiered skirt that hits just above the ankle, perfect for showing off cute platforms or stiletto sandals.—Emily Weaver, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stiletto
Brunson scored eight points in the game’s final 5:04, including a 3-pointer with 2:25 remaining that gave the Knicks a 116-104 lead and served as the dagger.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
More symbolic may be the dagger tattoo on his left forearm.
This vignette of administrative chaos exacerbated by mass layoffs will be familiar to any federal employee or contractor whose agency has been felled of late by the whimsical machete of DOGE.
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Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
The guard approached, with his hand apparently ready to draw his firearm, which prompted Scott to run off, ditching the machete in his escape.
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.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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