axes
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In a field where buzzards were flying overhead, they used metal probes and pick axes and shovels in their search for remains.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
That advice included “find a private cadre of advisers who have no axes to grind” and “call your mom.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
But there wasn’t much benefit in tracking sales of shovels, pick axes, and sifting pans in order to validate the bull case for the California Gold Rush.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
We fled late at night to stay at the house of a friend who lived nearby, returning the next morning for the included breakfast of Johnny Cakes shaped like axes.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
They came with saws and axes and rifles and carts.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
