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saber

[sey-ber] / ˈseɪ bər /
NOUN
weapon
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The U.S. will have to rethink the size of its saber and carefully determine where to most effectively deploy its forces.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

Yet at other times he has rattled the nuclear saber.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

The Eisenhower library has several swords from the president in its collection, including a saber and a sword of honour featured in a current exhibit.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2025

It doesn’t matter that Dershwitz is the reigning world champion in men’s saber and a medal favorite at the 2024 Paris Games.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2024

She had an almost undefeated record and frequently found herself in the folds of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, identified as the best female saber fencer in the state.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

He told the president he could go even farther than Ronald Reagan, which, in this context, is an interesting statement, since Reagan rattled some sabers initially but actually made the judicious decision to withdraw.

From Salon Mar. 10, 2026

Paleontologists still do not know how saber-toothed animals like Smilodon hunted prey without breaking their unwieldy sabers.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

The molecular sabers are unlikely to promote resistance because bacteria cannot easily change the essential cell-wall components that lysins target.

From Scientific American Oct. 13, 2023

Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker going head-to-head with wands and light sabers.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2023

By common consent they were using the spears as sabers now, no longer daring the lethal points.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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