axe
Example Sentences
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The letters and photographs sold for £48,640 at auction, while the ice axe fetched £38,400.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
A viral video showing the 12-year-old holding a knife and axe was highlighted at the time by Elon Musk, who criticised the girl's arrest for "trying to defend herself."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The BBC will axe some programming and may impose compulsory redundancies to deliver hundreds of millions of pounds of previously announced savings, its new Director-General Matt Brittin told staff Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Still, this could reverse if hiring slows or jobs face the axe due to lingering uncertainty, while the ECB already expects wage growth to cool this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
They beat their axe handles against their meaty hands.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
