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walking stick

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Recent Examples of walking stick With no treatments beyond assistive tools such as walking sticks and screen reading software, the condition greatly impacts both mental health and quality of life. — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Among the photos were his pups, chicken coops covered in snow and David trekking through the terrain with a walking stick. — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 Bring Trekking Poles Bring a walking stick or hiking poles to help reduce the balance challenge and encourage your upper-body muscles to take on some of the stress your knees may otherwise field, Sommer says. — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025 Last Samurai Standing is unclear about the details of Gentosai’s whole deal, but uses him fantastically, showing only glimpses of his face and relying more on his body in movement, and the tinkling of the bell attached to his walking stick, to amplify viewers’ fear and anticipation. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walking stick

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Of course, there are also nods to the beloved Raimi-era chainsaw with power tools like a brush trimmer and a heavy-duty hammer drill.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Evening sales achieved a 94 percent sell-through rate by lot and 99 percent by value, and the season’s hammer-price-to-low-estimate index reached 165 percent.

— Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024

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The complaint says Salle’s 2025 painting shares the works’ pose, perspective, clothing, and overall visual impression, differing chiefly in that its subject holds an axe instead of a sledgehammer.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
But this fiscal sledgehammer is not the solution.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026

Definition of sledgehammer

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On the other hand, skunks forage for their favorite food, beetle grubs, by digging in the dirt, as in, digging up your yard.

— Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 1 July 2026
The report noted that various groups have made a habit of consuming beetles, caterpillars, wasps, mealworms, and dragonflies.

— David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026

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