hatchet
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A California couple attacked by a bear outside their eastern Sierra Nevada home have survived the encounter after fighting off the animal with a water bottle and a hatchet, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Wang delivered spectacularly, becoming the leader’s indispensable hatchet man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
And is it finally time for England to bury the hatchet with Ollie Robinson?
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Most famously, Parson Weems invented from whole cloth the story about young Washington taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree, then confessing to it.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
The hatchet wavered in the air, in a tug-of-war with a ghost, but the girl did not falter.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Hatchet
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