knives

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Finds included bone pegs for stretching vellum as it dried, and tools such as knives and pumice stones for scraping and smoothing animal hides.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Noem shot knives from her eyes as the representative read out the headlines: “Lewandowski Taking Out Trash at Noem’s D.C. Home.”

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Unlike England and Wales, Scotland allows teenagers aged 16 and 17 to buy some knives for domestic use.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Keith Emerson of the Nice developed a performance-art bit that involved jamming knives between the keys of his Hammond organ.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s the mechanic, and smoke is drifting up from the knives in my machine.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron