Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolo
Noun
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The week before, another man high on meth armed with a machete threatened to chop the head off an employee’s three-year-old daughter.—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025 -
So our list of regenerative agricultural practices that are suitable for the coffee sector are, for instance, to cut the arms with the scissor and not with the machete.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Back on Lexington Common, British troops are sweeping forward, bayonets fixed.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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The trio consisted of Company Sergeant Major Brunton of the Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS), who carried the Sovereign's Banner, Staff Sergeant Lewis of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and Staff Sergeant Bradley from the RAMS, who was given special permission to carry a bayonet in the party.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Along with messer and dagger combat, El told me they’ve also felt empowered by studying HEMA grappling styles for self-defense.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
1 May 2025
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There is also truth behind Blues coach Jim Montgomery’s series of verbal daggers after Game 4.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the aftermath of Plan B, Conrad twists the knife, and Fisk has a realization: this is war.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Officers were able to wrestle the knife away from Allwood without anyone being hurt.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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The pocketknife was recovered in the woods with the assistance of a Bristol police dog, Farmington police said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To top off this two-piece of dress pants and blazer with a side pocket embellishment, Hathaway added a white poplin shirt and accessorized with stiletto sandals with gold accents to match her gold evening bag and the Versace emblem.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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The former fashion model, the first practicing Catholic to serve as first lady since Jacqueline Kennedy, attended the April 26 service in a double breasted coat dress paired with a traditional veil, gloves and black stilettos.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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The most notable change from a spectators point of view was the swapping of the cutter and changeup as his second-most used pitch.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Crochet throws three of them: four-seamer, sinker and cutter, the last of which has become his bread and butter so far this season.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Bolo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolo. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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