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She also had silver earplugs threaded through with silver hoops, an awl covered in silver—and a companion: a middle-age man laid to rest in the same jar with a fraction of her wealth.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 4, 2023

"Wagner is not a piece of slippery soap which the bureaucrats have got used to shoving all over the place; Wagner is an awl, a stiletto that you cannot hide," Prigozhin said.

From Reuters ● May 28, 2023

With a screwdriver or an awl, poke into the wood; if it goes in more than ⅛ inch, rot has probably begun.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

And maybe — maybe — she doesn’t get the awl.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022

“With an awl, pumpkin. A really sharp one.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

“Of course, I had ice awls with me, around my neck,” in case the ice cracked and he had to perform a self-rescue, Widgren said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021

Some of the points were shaped into scrapers and awls; others bore a mark where they may have been attached to a shaft and used as spears.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2018

The Monongahela culture had rich bone tools, such as awls or fish hooks,” Nass said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 20, 2017

They scrape old layers of varnish and wood with awls, planes and other tools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2015

To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann