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Recent Examples of switchblade
The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Several factors helped Mazin’s case then, but the black-and-white switchblade etched onto the showrunner’s forearm these days couldn’t have hurt.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Lumsden and his attorney only have theories about what could have happened: Could there have been a customs issue importing the switchblades?
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Several factors helped Mazin’s case then, but the black-and-white switchblade etched onto the showrunner’s forearm these days couldn’t have hurt.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
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.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Lumsden and his attorney only have theories about what could have happened: Could there have been a customs issue importing the switchblades?
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchblade
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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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
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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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
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The return of the stiletto stood out on runways like Fendi and Gucci, signaling a shift back toward sharper, more sensual footwear.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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On the runway, the supermodel's look was styled with matching gloves, metallic stiletto sandals and a pair of gold statement earrings.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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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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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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
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“Switchblade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchblade. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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