machete
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Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cuellar identified the man who allegedly wielded the machete as Cornell Richardson, 32.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
As the two old men told their stories, a youngster brushed past them, a machete slung over his shoulder.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
A three-month amnesty from September means anyone with a machete can place them in specially designated boxes at police stations.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
One fishes in the river or cuts grass with a machete, like a fieldworker, and whisdes to the others to set a trap.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Besides pulling off dozens of ticks, Bardwell recalled the main challenge being “wait-a-minute vines,” made tougher by cheap, ineffective machetes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
On Saturday morning, men with machetes hacked through branches as thick as their arms, clearing patches of the road where traffic jams were at a standstill.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
In Cuba, residents of the country's second-largest city Santiago de Cuba worked with machetes to clear streets buried in debris.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
"It took the United Kingdom 18 months to bring about a ban on machetes and we are moving to do it within six months," she added.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
Sometimes when we swung the machetes and axes, their weight would send us flying into the bushes, where we would lie for a bit and rub our aching shoulders.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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