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Recent Examples of switchblade
In June 2021, Joel Arciniega-Saenz stabbed James Garcia 84 times and severed a finger with a switchblade before decapitating him, according to a March 5 news release by the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Other Nixon advertisements showed images of urban riots, street crime and student protesters alongside pictures of rifles, switchblades and hypodermic needles.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
One thing leads to another, and as is common with such hedonistic reunions among longtime buddies, somebody ends up with a switchblade in their neck.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
At a preliminary hearing held last year, San Diego police Detective Christopher Murray testified that Logan admitted to committing the homicide with a switchblade.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Other Nixon advertisements showed images of urban riots, street crime and student protesters alongside pictures of rifles, switchblades and hypodermic needles.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
One thing leads to another, and as is common with such hedonistic reunions among longtime buddies, somebody ends up with a switchblade in their neck.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
At a preliminary hearing held last year, San Diego police Detective Christopher Murray testified that Logan admitted to committing the homicide with a switchblade.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchblade
Noun
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Months earlier, a pair of pedestrians found a 2,500-year-old dagger on a Polish beach, on the coast of the Baltic Sea.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The cancelation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert emerged last week like a dagger through the heart of late-night.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
Noun
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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
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Officers also recovered 11 orange pills believed to be Adderall and a pocketknife from Tracy’s pocket.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Jacob allegedly called his father during the confrontation and told him his husband had been preventing him from leaving the apartment and threatening him with a knife, per the outlet.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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At a news conference last month, Waters also highlighted images of a knife in McNeil’s car.—
Jeff Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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Zakrzewski then called to each of his children separately to come brush their teeth before attacking them each with the machete.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Following the cast reveal for the new season of the ITV2 series, it was confirmed that Kyle Ashman would not enter the villa after being a suspect in a machete attack incident.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Tyla completed her look with strappy, peep-toe stilettos and accessorized with minimal jewelry.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Aug. 2025
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In addition to being still, people have also done the pose in stilettos while surfing, doing squats and drinking.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
6 Aug. 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
Noun
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In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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Lots of people died fighting for this in – in just horrific struggles when the main form of killing was a bayonet.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Misdemeanor carry concealed dirk or dagger, 3000 block Ocean Front Walk, 1:18 p.m.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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Carry concealed dirk or dagger – 400 block of Santa Fe Drive, 11:12 a.m. DUI – 0 block of La Costa Avenue, 3:32 a.m.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Switchblade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchblade. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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