machete
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Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cuellar identified the man who allegedly wielded the machete as Cornell Richardson, 32.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
In his field, just a stone's throw from his house, Kone still works only with a machete and wears open-toed shoes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
There are exemptions for people who have good reason to own the items, for example, a specialist machete used in forestry or an antique Samurai sword.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
In the mural, An Aztec warrior Is standing on a mountain With a machete And a band of feathers On his noble head.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
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Besides pulling off dozens of ticks, Bardwell recalled the main challenge being “wait-a-minute vines,” made tougher by cheap, ineffective machetes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
In March, Victoria announced legislative changes to its Control of Weapons Act, making it illegal to sell or possess machetes, with the new law to start in September.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
"It took the United Kingdom 18 months to bring about a ban on machetes and we are moving to do it within six months," she added.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
The team also had to leave their kayaks at a base camp they set up when it became impossible to head further upstream, hiking through the jungle using machetes for five days.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
The workers, who had been content to wait until then, went into the woods with no other weapons but their working machetes and they began to sabotage the sabotage.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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