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Recent Examples of switchblade
Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.
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Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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
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
Some municipalities — such as Denver, Aurora, Boulder and Lakewood — have laws against carrying switchblades.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
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Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
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
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
Some municipalities — such as Denver, Aurora, Boulder and Lakewood — have laws against carrying switchblades.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchblade
Noun
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Cold-reading Natalie to steal the dagger?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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There will be mass hallucinations, legal exorcisms, shady book launderers, and scarlet daggers.—
Willa Rubin,
NPR,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Police say Mendez-Marin was found with blood on his clothes and a bloody pocketknife at the scene.—
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa , Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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South Carolina is also one of several states that has noted a concerning trend of weapons like knives and blades entering their facilities through drone deliveries.—
Taylor Galgano,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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Gun control activists slammed the moves as dangerous and irresponsible just days after authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and kill the Republican president.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Ryan Giuffre shows Giuffre ordering Anthony Griffin to drop his machete.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Modern readers may take heart in the fact that there are many excellent critics thwacking through the slop—albeit with freelance machetes, on newfangled platforms.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Erlanger teamed up with the brand to design a collection featuring two elegant high-heel styles — a sculptural stiletto and a platform heel — across 12 colorways, priced at $399.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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The $50 top features a small, red stiletto with the franchise's pitchfork heel embroidered on the chest.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 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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Apart from the optical glass inside, the XC 13-33mm is all plastic, even the bayonet mount that attaches to the camera.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some vehicles, however, have a bayonet-type attachment that uses two screws to hold the wiper in place.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 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 8 May. 2026.
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