axes
Example Sentences
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One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
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
The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
He remembers using ice axes to climb in the winter when he was only 15.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
In a desperate attempt to keep the pressure off the ship, Shackleton ordered some of the men over the side to hack away at the floes, with the axes, and picks.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
