yataghan

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Noun
  • Messi delivers the dagger Despite thoroughly controlling most of the match, the result was still in doubt late in the second half as Argentina squandered a few opportunities to increase its lead.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
    Ben Coxworth May 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Ballet pink stiletto nails narrow to an airbrushed nude point, with leopard spots and silver chrome stars.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • Christian Louboutin’s Miss Z pumps covered the foot in mirror-bright Vintage Rose laminated calf leather, narrowing into a tapered point above a 100mm stiletto and the house’s red sole.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
Noun
  • Police said Johnson was on probation for a previous conviction for possession of a dirk or dagger at the time of his arrest.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Additionally, one person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dirk or dagger, police said.
    City News Service, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
  • About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • According to several social media posts on X, someone reportedly brandishing a machete was allegedly shot by an officer or officers.
    Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
  • Shede Mao, 55, is accused in a criminal complaint and police affidavit of using a machete and dumbbells to slash and bludgeon the 49-year-old victim, whose name had not been formally released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as of Wednesday.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
    James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Yataghan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yataghan. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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