épée
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Saber refers to the kind used by cavalry, and épée is a nod to weapons once used in duels.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
Yep, the wheelchair fencing has the team épée gold at the end of the day’s qualifying fights.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2021
During introductions for the team épée competition, three U.S. fencers wore pink masks, apparently in support of sexual assault victims, while Hadzic was left wearing a black one.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
In the final, Koki Kano beat second-ranked épée fencer Sergey Bida 8-3 in the last bout to seal the victory.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
I’d watched the saber fencers practice sometimes, and everything was a lot faster and way more aggressive than in épée.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
“I had an awful start to be honest with you,” said the 31-year-old, who won team foil silver and team epee bronze in Tokyo.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
In fencing, the top four teams in the men’s team epee crashed out in the quarter-finals.
From Reuters ● Jul. 30, 2021
Romain Cannone won France’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games moments later, beating Gergely Siklosi of Hungary 15-10 in the men’s epee final.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
Center for SafeSport after the allegations surfaced but an arbiter overturned the suspension, allowing him to compete as an alternate in the men’s epee, which starts Sunday, the New York Post reported.
From Fox News ● Jul. 23, 2021
There are lots of girls carrying all kinds of blades: foil, epee, sabre.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Vocabulary lists containing épée
Scrabble: Four-Letter Words with 3 Vowels
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4-letter words, List 1
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