ax
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U.A.E. aviation regulations require such an ax to be stored on board commercial flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Others note that the presence of body-worn cameras has helped disprove frivolous claims filed by criminal suspects or others who have an ax to grind with the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Disney is preparing to ax as many as 1,000 positions in the next few weeks, The Wall Street Journal External link reported late Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
If U.S. regulators really don’t want the country’s biggest filmed content streamer to own HBO and Warner’s studios, then they’ll ax the Netflix deal.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
Taking turns, the men crawled on hands and knees over the iced deck, hacking away with an ax.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Crash axes are stored on aircraft to be used in an emergency to either fight fires or cut through metal in a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
But they were pushed back this week, and the government launched a counter-offensive into Tigrayan territory along three axes towards Mekelle, according to the Critical Threats Project, part of the American Enterprise Institute think tank.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
By combining measurements taken along the axes of the jets, the team searched for H-alpha, a characteristic signature of ionized hydrogen gas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
To those weapons, Atahuallpa’s troops, without animals on which to ride into battle, could oppose only stone, bronze, or wooden clubs, maces, and hand axes, plus slingshots and quilted armor.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
However, while they have saved £8.5m of a projected £16.5m pay-off to axed boss Ruben Amorim after he accepted a job at AC Milan, other costs have increased.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 said 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday had already been axed, following 1,300 cancellations to and from UK airports a day before.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
As part of the overhaul, the BBC Introducing stage, dedicated to highlighting new artists, has been axed.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The feat would’ve been unthinkable seven years ago when Gillis was famous only for getting axed from “Saturday Night Live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Pa said, “Answer what your ma axed, Elijah. What you doing here?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The axing of a direct London Gatwick-Goa Air India service has also had an impact.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
With logistics-software provider WiseTech axing more than a quarter of its staff on AI-driven efficiencies, the Jarden analysts take a look at possible impacts of similar potential moves elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week seemed to come the closest a Cabinet official has come to a Trump axing this term.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
In the meantime, the domestic club game is in crisis with the Welsh Rugby Union keen on axing one of the four professional teams competing in the United Rugby Championship to save money.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The cap’n’s good side had got wore down by the few questions the sheriff was axing.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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