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big stick





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President Theodore Roosevelt famously said “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

That is a big stick to beat his players with.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

“We don’t go in with the big stick to begin with,” Morling said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

“I had a big stick, and I was banging on the box, really whaling on it. So he wasn’t just plopped on his feet. Because I wanted him to be alighting down to the ground.”

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

I took the big stick out of my backpack—a bedpost I’d broken off Crusty’s Safari Deluxe floor model.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan