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

The lyric "we need each other" felt like a reconciliation - or a sigh of relief - as the brothers buried the hatchet of a decades-long feud and reconnected with their fans.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 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 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