dagger

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The novel’s satisfying denouement is assured when a disgraced former colleague of Ben’s, gloriously named Richard Take, accepts the proverbial dagger from Martin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

One woman said: "It has been cloak and dagger throughout this whole process. We can't get a straight answer as to what has changed so drastically to allow the park to be built on?"

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

Section 114 housed the pockets of Clippers die-hards he’d glance at after every dagger three or rim-rattling “Lob City” spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

Williamson delivered a three with just more than one minute left to serve as the dagger to Notre Dame’s title hopes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

He had left his father and was trying to scramble up the base of the Abbey wall with the small dagger clenched in his teeth.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques