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Now that the ax has fallen, though, Butterworth isn’t sure he has the stomach for another stint in corporate America’s vulnerable middle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

In addition to clothing that protects against the wind and cold, anyone attempting to climb steep terrain covered in snow and ice should have mountaineering boots, heavy metal crampons and an ice ax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

At suppertime he took his ax, felled a dandelion, opened a can of deviled ham, and had a light supper of ham and dandelion milk.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

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

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

"Meaning, as they spin around on their axes and orbit around their parents, those rates/frequencies match, leading to the phenomena like us only seeing one side of our moon."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

It ends a valuable deferred compensation program, axes health benefits and changes commissions on several types of policy, according to agents and company documents reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

“That’s not right! It can’t be real! It’s a special effect or something, right? I mean, I can deal with little monsters with axes and blue fire tunnels and everything, but that’s not right!”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

A taxpayer-funded programme aimed at boosting young people's interest in politics should not be axed just because "money is tight", one of its members has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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

Why has the coach been axed after five Test matches?

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Since taking over, Warsh has axed so-called "forward guidance" on the likely direction of Fed policy and called for the central bank to communicate less on its decision-making process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

“The one lookin for you. Drove in here early this mornin and axed for ya.”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Plus: Corporate America is axing the ‘micro-team’ boss; Volkswagen board approves doubling job cuts to 100,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Credited as having a deep knowledge of the AI sector, his becoming a cabinet-level AI minister has been broadly welcomed - but DSIT's axing alongside this has also caused some concern.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

VW, whose 10 brands range from mass-market Seats to premium Porsches, is already in the process of axing 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, including 35,000 at its namesake marque.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 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

“Claude here was axing you if you like to cook.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole