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Recent Examples of pocketknife
For example, Catherine doesn’t mention that Jonathan pierced his arm with his pocketknife — a gift from Mr. Brigstocke — and forced her to drink the blood.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
According to a board member, the state had also placed School 10 on a list of dangerous schools, partly owing to an incident in which a student had been found with a pocketknife.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
Police recovered two real guns, a BB gun and a pocketknife.
—Vincent Hill, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Deputies found a wallet, car keys and a pocketknife under a ball cap nearby.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
According to a board member, the state had also placed School 10 on a list of dangerous schools, partly owing to an incident in which a student had been found with a pocketknife.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
Police recovered two real guns, a BB gun and a pocketknife.
—Vincent Hill, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Deputies found a wallet, car keys and a pocketknife under a ball cap nearby.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocketknife
Noun
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Sony has a gross horror item called Heart Eyes in which as the red-band trailer shows sees one main character done in with a knife thrust into eye in grisly fashion.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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Despite 20 knife wounds and 11 bruises, her death was ruled a suicide.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the video, an officer handling a police dog can be heard telling Umana to drop the machete as Umana stood on the sidewalk.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Cops are looking for a man who chopped off most of the fingers on a man’s hand with a machete after a sidewalk dispute in the Bronx erupted over their dogs barking at each other, police said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The dagger appears to be 7.5 inches in length when uncovered from under the hairbrush.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Barkley delivered the dagger on the Eagles’ next offensive possession.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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One thing leads to another, and as is common with such hedonistic reunions among longtime buddies, somebody ends up with a switchblade in their neck.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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At a preliminary hearing held last year, San Diego police Detective Christopher Murray testified that Logan admitted to committing the homicide with a switchblade.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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President Herbert Hoover deployed about 3,500 Army soldiers, in addition to police, to remove the veterans with tear gas, bayonets, and by setting fire to their camps, the VA said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 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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At the Gaurav Gupta show, the rapper wore a futuristic chainmail dress with a matching head piece and reverse stiletto nails.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
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Manolo Blahnik 5-inch stilettos are usually her go-to kicks for major photo ops.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.—
Jon Grinspan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
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There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.—
Jace Bauserman,
Field & Stream,
19 July 2023
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“Pocketknife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketknife. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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