hatchet
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No media hatchet man could come up with a more damaging word to describe what happened out there.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The hatchet burial has been brewing for a while.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
While a pair of lawsuits fractured their relationship between 2021 and 2023, IBM and GlobalFoundries have since buried the hatchet.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Wang delivered spectacularly, becoming the leader’s indispensable hatchet man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
We searched for him for a few blocks, Brian whacking at the bushes with his hatchet, but we couldn’t find him.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
The documentary closes on a similar note: Take That are national treasures, their reputation is secure, their hatchets are buried.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Later in the day, McNally acknowledged Corden’s “gracious” mea culpa, and once again, all hatchets seemed buried.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
When agents stopped a truck going through a Border Patrol highway checkpoint in Texas earlier this month they found 70 illegal immigrants in the semi-trailer — and walkie-talkie and two hatchets.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
The sound of hatchets resonates across the field: thwack, thwack, thwack.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Hugo grabs a knife, hatchets off the tops of his eggs.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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