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 borrowed a razor blade to cut the placenta," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The US president at one point claimed the pool had been targeted by "sick, deranged" vandals, and was "given a 300 foot long gash" by a blade.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Cooper described the weapon he attributed to YG as a silver blade approximately three or four inches long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
I was next to Togbe on the bench, sharpening the blade of a hoe while he worked on the loose handle of a cutlass.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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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
The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He described turbine blades as the “brake pads of the turbine industry,” because they are the parts that wear out fastest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Others wiggled like garden snakes between blades of grass.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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