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Recent Examples of wielded
Remember how the heat rays wielded by the alien tripods in the great Spielberg-Cruise version of War of the Worlds burned their victims so violently that only little clouds of 9/11-evoking ash remained?
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
And it isn’t being wielded just for cruelty’s sake.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
The knife one of the crooks wielded was recovered at the scene and vouchered for evidence, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
In the past, presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have often wielded the gavel.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2026
In the past, presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have often wielded the gavel.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
Officers already assigned to the district responded within minutes and fatally shot the suspect, who wielded a pistol and rifle to carry out the attack.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2026
There's a clear reversal of the manager-report power dynamic and gender roles the pair had in the office, where Bradley as CEO wielded power over Linda, who had hit a glass ceiling in their boys' club of a company.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
Carr has wielded long-dormant rules requiring broadcast TV stations to offer equal time to opposing candidates as a means of pressuring networks.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
And it isn’t being wielded just for cruelty’s sake.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
The knife one of the crooks wielded was recovered at the scene and vouchered for evidence, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
In the past, presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have often wielded the gavel.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2026
In the past, presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have often wielded the gavel.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
Officers already assigned to the district responded within minutes and fatally shot the suspect, who wielded a pistol and rifle to carry out the attack.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2026
There's a clear reversal of the manager-report power dynamic and gender roles the pair had in the office, where Bradley as CEO wielded power over Linda, who had hit a glass ceiling in their boys' club of a company.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
Carr has wielded long-dormant rules requiring broadcast TV stations to offer equal time to opposing candidates as a means of pressuring networks.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wielded
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The e-bike’s torque sensor made the ride exceptionally intuitive, ensuring that the power delivered by the 250W rear-hub motor was tuned to match the downward force exerted on the pedals.—
Thomas Ricker,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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Helping this vulnerable population should garner the same degree of enthusiasm so many on Capitol Hill exerted for canceling student loan debt.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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The two victims told police that the suspects had used antisemitic language during the incident but police did not further specify what was said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The study demonstrates a new level of miniaturization and scalability for optical beam-combining hardware used in high-power laser systems.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to George Mason, Article V was amended to require a convention be called when two-thirds of states applied for an amendment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Neutrons allowed the researchers to precisely measure how the atomic vibrations changed when the electric field was applied.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Wielded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wielded. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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