hatchet

Example Sentences

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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

“Well — but it’s happening. This hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you’re not even prepared to address whether that’s legal, even though that’s what this motion challenges?”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Madonna has said she and Sir Elton John have "buried the hatchet" and put an end to their decades-long feud.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Finally, using the hatchet he sharpened a stick and poked a hole in the egg.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen