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hatchet

[hach-it] / ˈhætʃ ɪt /
NOUN
ax
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The burying of the hatchet is a great relief for Edwards, who was troubled by the tension between his colleagues during their time on “Good Day L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 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

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

Taking her hatchet and running through the swamp as her wretched mother had done.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

The smugglers had placed the radio and hatchets there to help the migrants call for help and break out of the trailer should they run into trouble.

From Washington Times Jul. 27, 2022

Yet despite many statements over the years that old hatchets have been buried — the intraband litigation file goes back decades — the Beach Boys are not quite united.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2021

This is perhaps why the title of Aron’s book is taken from Carry Nation, the 19th-century temperance crusader who took hatchets to bar tops and greeted bartenders as “destroyers of men’s souls.”

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2020

They leave with some colorful glass beads, mirrors, bells, needles, pins, several pieces of copper, and three hatchets.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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