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Recent Examples of tridents
Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms).
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Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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
Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tridents
spears
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This includes, but is not limited to baseball bats, hockey sticks, spears, spear guns, crossbows, and fishing gear.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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Using tools only of stone, bone, and shell, Islanders made wooden spears and clubs, and canoes built from planks stitched together with plant fibers and fitted with outriggers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Tridents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tridents. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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