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Recent Examples of stiletto
Often pairing hers with a vest and trainers, or sometimes a lil stiletto, the 28-year-old model has got straight leg outfit combos down to a fine art.
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Daisy Jones, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Jenner chose a cropped orange leather jacket, with a white buttoned neck and zipped sleeves, keeping the rest of her outfit simple with a super cropped white t-shirt, black leather tie-waist pants, and white stiletto pointed pumps.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 May 2025
The run of shoes also included loafers in a variety of styles, from embroidered to velvet and suede, as well as slingback heels, stiletto pumps with a pointed toe, and espadrille sneakers.
—Fn Staff, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Every stiletto and platform heel climbing those hallowed stairs became cold, hard marketing currency.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Daisy Jones, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Jenner chose a cropped orange leather jacket, with a white buttoned neck and zipped sleeves, keeping the rest of her outfit simple with a super cropped white t-shirt, black leather tie-waist pants, and white stiletto pointed pumps.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 May 2025
The run of shoes also included loafers in a variety of styles, from embroidered to velvet and suede, as well as slingback heels, stiletto pumps with a pointed toe, and espadrille sneakers.
—Fn Staff, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Every stiletto and platform heel climbing those hallowed stairs became cold, hard marketing currency.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiletto
Noun
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One of the attackers then proceeded to slit Forde’s throat using a 12-inch dagger as two other assailants stabbed him in the stomach in front of onlookers.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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Haliburton’s heroics drove another dagger into the hearts of Kings fans, many of whom are still agonizing over the February 2022 trade that sent Haliburton to Indiana in exchange for Domantas Sabonis.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
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Not all of her tips and tricks to staying fabulous involve undergoing a knife or needle though.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Trump’s entire economic agenda is sitting on a knife’s edge.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Baca, who has been leading these workshops since 2011, recalled a moment from one: Everett Cox, a Vietnam War veteran who had kept away from everything military for decades, responded to a prompt of action verbs by expertly stabbing and slashing with an invisible bayonet.—
Dina Litovsky,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by objects including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes.—
Colleen Slevin,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2025
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According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated.—
Anna Turning,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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While the Swiss Army knife and similar pocketknives were banned after 9/11, in recent years, some policy changes, such as by the FAA, now allow small knives on commercial planes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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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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Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
30 June 2022
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Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.—
Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2017
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“Stiletto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiletto. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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