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Recent Examples of stiletto
In addition to being still, people have also done the pose in stilettos while surfing, doing squats and drinking.
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
One part mesh flat, one part strappy stiletto, her shoe choice was an unexpected, slightly subversive addition to the dilapidated look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
Because Cher and Dionne ran in stilettos, a dozen charming lessers could walk.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Along with the dress, Ponton wore a pair of brown stiletto sandals with lace-up detailing at the ankle and a gold minimal anklet.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
One part mesh flat, one part strappy stiletto, her shoe choice was an unexpected, slightly subversive addition to the dilapidated look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
Because Cher and Dionne ran in stilettos, a dozen charming lessers could walk.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Along with the dress, Ponton wore a pair of brown stiletto sandals with lace-up detailing at the ankle and a gold minimal anklet.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiletto
Noun
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Marlowe, lounging behind Frizer, grabbed Frizer’s dagger and struck him in the head; Frizer snatched it back and returned the compliment.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ildemaro Vargas’ third home run of the year was the dagger.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 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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Just four minutes later, Decarlos Brown, the passenger behind her, dug into the fold of his clothes and took out what appeared to be a knife.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Zarutska began scrolling on her phone and after a few minutes the man pulled out a knife and stabbed her.—
Danielle Wallace , Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
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For one moment, Tex Watson, armed with a gun and a bayonet, turned his back, and Sebring charged him.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The man and woman were assaulted, according to police, and they were both stabbed multiple times with a machete.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Man, ever since Ashley Olsen took a machete hiking, there have been no rules.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
26 Aug. 2025
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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When the juveniles returned to take a picture of the vehicle’s license plate, Mumme allegedly exited the building and confronted them with a pocketknife, police said.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Inside his bag was a homemade explosive device, binoculars, a pocketknife and a torch lighter.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
Noun
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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