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This year, authorities in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh states, through which the Ganges runs, banned devotees from carrying the swords and tridents associated with Shiva, due to fears of violence.
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Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Total weight for the new trident is 3,307 lb (1,500 kg).
—New Atlas, 10 July 2025
Towards the end of the season, Ancelotti appeared to show more trust in Guler by putting him on the right side of the trident as Rodrygo was frozen out for key matches such as the Spanish top flight title-deciding episode of El Clasico won 4-3 by the Catalans in Montjuic.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Cal Raleigh #29 of the Seattle Mariners carries the trident through the dugout after hitting a second-inning solo home run against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on April 20, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
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Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Total weight for the new trident is 3,307 lb (1,500 kg).
—New Atlas, 10 July 2025
Towards the end of the season, Ancelotti appeared to show more trust in Guler by putting him on the right side of the trident as Rodrygo was frozen out for key matches such as the Spanish top flight title-deciding episode of El Clasico won 4-3 by the Catalans in Montjuic.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Cal Raleigh #29 of the Seattle Mariners carries the trident through the dugout after hitting a second-inning solo home run against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on April 20, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trident
spear
Noun
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Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thirty other heavily encrusted artifacts were recovered from the seabed, including swords, javelins and spears that were used in the battle, according to the release.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Trident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trident. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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