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Recent Examples of walking stick
Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th century, presidential pins, walking sticks and handkerchiefs were also popular items.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
He was reportedly found on a service road, supporting himself with two walking sticks and a cut-up sleeping bag wrapped around his legs for warmth.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Look for walking sticks specifically designed for older individuals:17
Choose an adjustable pole.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
He was last seen just before 11 a.m. Saturday carrying a brown bamboo walking stick and a black backpack near North Sherman Boulevard and West Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
He was reportedly found on a service road, supporting himself with two walking sticks and a cut-up sleeping bag wrapped around his legs for warmth.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Look for walking sticks specifically designed for older individuals:17
Choose an adjustable pole.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
He was last seen just before 11 a.m. Saturday carrying a brown bamboo walking stick and a black backpack near North Sherman Boulevard and West Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walking stick
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These included his miter and crozier, a pouch of commemorative coins, an official papal document known as the Rogito, a rosary and his fisherman's ring.—
Bethany Braun-Silva,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Dozens of bishops gathered outside, their white robes whipping in the wind as Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich struck the closed cathedral doors with his crozier, an ornate staff, to officially mark the cathedral’s reopening.—
Joshua Berlinger,
CNN,
7 Dec. 2024
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Read Next Texas 65-year-old fights back with hammer as 3 dogs kill her in backyard, TX cops say April 15, 2025 3:50 PM Read Next National 72-year-old shot dead by caretaker, MN family says.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2025
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The bronze door of St. Peter’s is half closed, and the bells are rung with a hammer.—
Paolo Armelli,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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World & Nation Notre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s ‘heart’ in 5 years Dec. 6, 2024 The ceremony began with Ulrich symbolically reopening Notre Dame’s grand wooden doors, tapping them three times with his fire-scarred crosier.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
29 Nov. 2024
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The vast majority of horses appeared to have been buried without much added effort, but one horse was buried with two jugs and an oil lamp in the crook of its leg, officials said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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Trump pardons a bunch of white-collar crooks President Trump on Friday pardoned two startup founders convicted of investor fraud, and three crypto exchange co-founders who had plead guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.—
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
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Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2024
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With Elon Musk leading DOGE, Trump has tried to take a sledgehammer to government spending.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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One of the federal agents then takes a sledgehammer, breaks into the car window, and opens the car doors.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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The adult beetles are visual running hunters that chase tiny mites.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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In total, mountain pine beetles have damaged about 5,600 acres of forest.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Walking stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walking%20stick. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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