hatchet
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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
An image from the scene appeared to show a hatchet with a yellow and black handle lying in the back seat.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
The government took a hatchet to its payrolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
We also brought over a cast-iron frying pan, ten packets of baker’s yeast, pinking shears, the head of a hatchet, a fold-up army latrine spade, and all told a good deal more.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
Alan recalls exposed wooden beams that were notched with hatchets to achieve a hand-cut look, the original embossed-leather wallpaper and the solid two-inch oak front door that “took a lot of work” to open.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
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
“Again, neither one of us is dead, neither one of us is looking to throw hatchets at each other,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2018
They went at the hardened zoquete with pickaxes, hatchets, even acetylene torches.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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