blade
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Hanging from the rafters, the tip of its blade points down ominously over viewers’ heads, emphasizing both the danger of the weapon and its fragility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I’m pretty sure my tears soaked his shoulder blade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The separated fan blade resulted in damage to portions of the engine’s cover and sent engine fragments flying, striking the airplane’s fuselage and its horizontal stabilizer, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I borrowed a razor blade to cut the placenta," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
There had been a trail there when we went out but a logging crew had gone through with a skidder and the blade had taken the trail down to bare ice.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Then I remembered that the ceiling fan has one speed at which it rattles faintly but insistently, so I got out of bed, yanked the chain and sent the blades spinning faster.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Stronger and more ductile intermetallics may support the development of improved turbine blades, aircraft engines, energy systems, defense technologies, and materials designed for use in space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
It's a nice marriage between the two, albeit disappointing that some things were not recreated - such as the ability to wield your assassin's hidden blades in combat.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Western production of these turbine blades and vanes is concentrated in four companies, according to a report from SemiAnalysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A hundred fireflies lounge on the blades of grass, like a galaxy of tiny suns.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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