hatchet

Example Sentences

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The government took a hatchet to its payrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Tottenham were still far too slick for Copenhagen and Van de Ven buried the hatchet in the 64th minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

But in a shock move, a beleaguered Brown, suffering low polling ratings, appeared to bury the hatchet and appointed his former friend as business secretary, making him a peer at the same time.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

“What we see now is that they’re just taking a hatchet to the federal budget,” Mulqueen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

The hatchet cut through the aluminum as if it were soft cheese.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen