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All the members of the oryx family-the fringe-ear of Kenya and Tanzania; the Beisa of Kenya north of the Tana River, Somaliland, and Ethiopia; the white or scimitar-horned oryx of the Sahara desert-are traditionally tough and hard to kill.
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
More than 500 of them, in fact, from native whitetail deer to yaks, scimitar oryx, and water buffalo.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025
For instance, some species were categorized as saber toothed, conical toothed, or scimitar toothed.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2024
There’s also a head-spinning number of high-flying and extremely athletic dance scenes — some with drums and veils, some with tap shoes, some with scimitars and some with dinner trays that hide pop-up surprises.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
More than 500 of them, in fact, from native whitetail deer to yaks, scimitar oryx, and water buffalo.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025
For instance, some species were categorized as saber toothed, conical toothed, or scimitar toothed.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2024
There’s also a head-spinning number of high-flying and extremely athletic dance scenes — some with drums and veils, some with tap shoes, some with scimitars and some with dinner trays that hide pop-up surprises.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scimitar
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With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
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In 2019, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas stabbed the balloon of sky-high expectations of his candidacy with a broadsword of a meltdown in Miami.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Aug. 2023
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By holding a button, a simple katana suddenly becomes a 10-foot blade, or a rapier sprouts a demolition-grade power drill — all capable of viscerally dismembering and maiming foes.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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The fabric is produced on a double rapier loom in a width of 50 cm (19.7 in) at whatever length is needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Oct. 2025
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Blindfolded, Jodee Berry was led out to the restaurant's parking lot where it was revealed her grand prize was actually a brand new Star Wars doll, a green toy Yoda (complete with light saber), meant as an April Fool's Day prank.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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Natalia Botello became the first Ohio State Buckeye to win the NCAA women’s saber crown and the fourth individual national champion in program history, joining Katarzyna Dabrowa (epee, 2012), Eleanor Harvey (foil, 2016) and Yelena Kalkina (epee, 1997).—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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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
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The person opened the door armed with a sword and stabbed a Boston Police officer in the arm and knocked the clinician to the ground, according to police.—
Riley Rourke,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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In the biblical sequence Hanke invoked, the plowshares-into-swords moment is the penultimate act—the mobilization before the reckoning.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Scimitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scimitar. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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