hatchet
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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
Noel and Liam Gallagher buried the hatchet to get back on stage for the first time in 16 years in Cardiff a week ago, and received enthusiastic reviews from ticket-holders and critics.
From BBC • Jul. 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
Something came then, a thought as he held the hatchet, something about the dream and his father and Terry, but he couldn’t pin it down.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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