Darnold’s third-quarter touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp — formerly Stafford’s favorite target and the MVP of the Rams’ Super LVI victory — proved to be the dagger.
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Peter Sblendorio,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
Bronco with a bullseye In the divisional round against Houston, Maye delivered the dagger with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Kayshon Boutte.
This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.
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.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Richardson was originally charged in Orange County with a felony count of criminal threats, a felony count of possessing brass knuckles, a felony count of possessing a dirk or dagger, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a large-capacity magazine.
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City News Service,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
He has been charged on suspicion of committing three felonies, making criminal threats, possession of brass knuckles and possession of a dirk or dagger, Orange County prosecutors said in a criminal complaint.
Court documents say Shade removed the knife from the scene of the stabbing and discarded it in the parking lot to hide from police.
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David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Feb. 2026
Becoming a master of quadruple jumps that no one else can land, rising with all the ease of a young Michael Jordan—before landing on a pair of butcher knives, on ice.
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