bayonet
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Many Memphians still remember the arrival of the National Guard, pictured with rifles and bayonets, during the political upheaval of 1968, including the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
It’s the modern-day version of a row of bayonets facing down an anti-war demonstrator with a chrysanthemum, with an added veneer of 2025 stupidity courtesy of Subway.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025
Images published showed Mr Kim clad in a black coat and fedora inspecting rows of soldiers holding bayonets, and saluting as troops and missile units paraded past.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2023
Early on Sept. 29, before the cemetery opened to the public, Sergeant Porterfield walked in slow, perfectly synchronized step with two white-gloved women clutching M14 rifles fitted with bayonets.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021
Behind them came an equal number of British redcoats with bayonets fixed.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing bayonet
The American Civil War
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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