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Grand Detour, Ill.: John Deere’s “self-polishing” steel blade allowed settlers to slice through the sticky Midwest sod, unlocking the agricultural potential of the American heartland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Although such an act would require blade skills beyond even the greatest of samurai, federal authorities have arrested five people.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

“They took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete,” Trump said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

So far in the series, which kicks off its new season Sunday, Rhaenyra has briefly handled a blade in private.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Oh. I do,” Velia said, reaching into her pocket and unfolding a blade out of a complicated gadget that looked like twenty tiny tools in one.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Demand is currently surging for these blades and vanes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Now Gauff and her next opponent, Karolina Muchova, face off Thursday for a chance to transform their mutually uneasy relationships with the green blades beneath their feet into the biggest grass-court breakthrough of their careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The company turns the blades into a long-lasting reusable material that can be used as an alternative to timber, for fence posts and reusable transport pallets.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

But Austrian startup CycloTech says it can make aircraft even nimbler with its motors -- shaped like an open cylinder with the sides made up of several wing-shaped blades.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Then light machine guns, mounted on the fronts of planes, were equipped with “interrupter” gears that allowed the guns to fire through the propellers without hitting the blades.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman