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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yataghans
Noun
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Audiences are immersed in the horrors of the war, which was fought eyeball to eyeball by landless men wielding muskets, unreliable rifles and terrifying bayonets.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 Nov. 2025 -
Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That was plenty of time for SGA to reach into his bag of daggers and go right back at the Nuggets.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Most of the crowd is talking quietly among themselves, oblivious to Trevor Yeakley’s gaze, except for two men staring daggers right back at him.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Two Miami-Dade high school students brought knives onto the school bus Friday with the intention of using it against another student, police said.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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While being essential tools, knives and axes have violent connotations, suggesting a history of violence and seve- rance.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Count Kimbrel among the pitchers who are working on cutters this spring as well.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Several Mets pitchers, including Manaea and Devin Williams, are working on cutters to give their arsenals another distinct pitch to land in the strike zone.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Yataghans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yataghans. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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