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Recent Examples of halberd
During different events, the guards will add white gloves, a black helmet and/or the halberd.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku.
—Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game.
—WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
Among them was Stan Wollman, 69, a member of the New Plimmoth Gard, who was dressed in the armor-plated uniform of a pike officer, complete with a halberd — a long, pole-like weapon tipped with a blade.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019
For the uninitiated, a halberd is a medieval weapon that looks like a combination of a spear and an axe.
—cleveland.com, 18 May 2017
Words like halberd and basilisk became part of my daily vocabulary.
—Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2012
Ten minutes later, the president’s motorcade was greeted by Swiss Guards who stood to attention with their halberds and ostrich-plumed helmets.
—Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2017
Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku.
—Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game.
—WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
Among them was Stan Wollman, 69, a member of the New Plimmoth Gard, who was dressed in the armor-plated uniform of a pike officer, complete with a halberd — a long, pole-like weapon tipped with a blade.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019
For the uninitiated, a halberd is a medieval weapon that looks like a combination of a spear and an axe.
—cleveland.com, 18 May 2017
Words like halberd and basilisk became part of my daily vocabulary.
—Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2012
Ten minutes later, the president’s motorcade was greeted by Swiss Guards who stood to attention with their halberds and ostrich-plumed helmets.
—Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halberd
Noun
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More minutes should follow in the States, even if Mbaye has the unenviable task of trying to break into one of Europe’s most devastating attacking tridents.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The attacking trident has cut a swathe through opposition defenses this season to the extent that, Ada Hegerberg, the all-time record goalscorer in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, and Éugenie Le Sommer, the club’s all-time record goalscorer, have both been kept out of the Lyon starting line-up.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Political tipping points are just the tip of the spear.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement The upshot: our college graduates’ woes could be just the tip of the spear.—
Paul Tudor Jones,
Time,
25 June 2025
Noun
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The lander is anchored by neither its harpoons, which failed to fire, nor the ice screws at its feet.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Nov. 2014
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Another idea is to capture space debris with specialized nets or harpoons.—
Aaron Shattuck,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Flame-retardant foams do little, and fire departments now favor high-pressure water lances or immersion pits.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 June 2025
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With about a thousand Mexicans in front of him, Yell charged alone with his sword in hand, apparently killing several Mexicans until brought down by multiple lance wounds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Navarro, meanwhile, will continue on at Wimbledon — but with a tough matchup coming down the pike.—
Grace Jordan-Weinstein,
People.com,
3 July 2025
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Murfreesboro and Hobson pikes tied for second with two fatal crashes reported since 2019, but has more total crashes, 403, than any intersection on the list.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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With her final attempt in the women’s javelin finals Thursday, Barrios Bornacelli fired off a throw of 203 feet, 5 inches, winning the event — and the national championship.—
Jacob Louraine,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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The men’s 800m, women’s javelin, women’s 100m hurdles, men’s 5000m and women’s 1500m are the other events to cap off the Paris athletics competition.—
Lukas Weese,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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“Halberd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halberd. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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