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Recent Examples of stiletto
Now the room, decorated with giant lamps resembling drooping wildflowers, is a temple to a different kind of currency: designer stilettos (from the likes of Manolo Blahnik and Jacquemus).
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Marina Harss, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Famous last words: Lexi, of course, promptly trips on her stiletto, falls out the absurdly dangerous glass panel, and plummets to her death.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 June 2025
Kidman has arrived at the Belcourt in pure Hollywood Kidman mode: Bottega Veneta red-gingham shirt, flared black maxi skirt, black stilettos.
—Danielle Pergament, Allure, 22 May 2025
Off duty, she’s opted for more refined pairs — including white pointed-toe stilettos at Rare Beauty’s Mental Health Summit in May and brown satin pumps by Rodo during a night out with her fiancé, Benny Blanco, last March.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Marina Harss, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Famous last words: Lexi, of course, promptly trips on her stiletto, falls out the absurdly dangerous glass panel, and plummets to her death.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 June 2025
Kidman has arrived at the Belcourt in pure Hollywood Kidman mode: Bottega Veneta red-gingham shirt, flared black maxi skirt, black stilettos.
—Danielle Pergament, Allure, 22 May 2025
Off duty, she’s opted for more refined pairs — including white pointed-toe stilettos at Rare Beauty’s Mental Health Summit in May and brown satin pumps by Rodo during a night out with her fiancé, Benny Blanco, last March.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiletto
Noun
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The final dagger came from forward Alyssa Thompson in front of a crowd of 18,504 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.—
Meg Linehan,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Those are the choices facing America: Cutting benefits is a dagger pointed directly at the neediest Americans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Besides allowing for rapid, efficient construction, a modular approach turns data centers into a Swiss Army knife for ever-changing customer needs.—
Andrew Schaap,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history.—
Erin Quinlan,
Architectural Digest,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Baca, who has been leading these workshops since 2011, recalled a moment from one: Everett Cox, a Vietnam War veteran who had kept away from everything military for decades, responded to a prompt of action verbs by expertly stabbing and slashing with an invisible bayonet.—
Dina Litovsky,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Other victims included Javier Castillo, 15, of Central Islip, who was befriended by gang members only to be hacked with a machete in the head, neck, torso and extremities in an isolated marsh.—
Danielle Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2025
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When the front desk clerk opened the door, Buxton threatened her with a machete, agency officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
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After investigating, police learned a man, later identified as Robert Dean, of New Mexico, came up behind the victim and stabbed him with a pocketknife in an unprovoked attack, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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Gann had twice previously tested the chemicals, the documents said, each time creating a small explosion, the second one blinding the veteran for about 20 seconds, Inside the bag was a homemade explosive device, binoculars, a pocketknife and a torch lighter.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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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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Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
30 June 2022
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Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.—
Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2017
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“Stiletto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiletto. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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