saber
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For years, historians followed the bomb’s echoes through the Cold War: Bikini Atoll and nuclear bunkers, Strangelove and SALT, détente and Defcon, Star Wars and saber rattling, to hit a few low points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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
They know that top rivals in the men’s saber event on Saturday — Aron Szilagyi of Hungary, Ziad Elsissy of Egypt, Sandro Bazadze of Georgia — are in their late 20s and 30s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024
When I switched weapons, they also had to buy me a saber lame—the special Kevlar jacket all saber fencers are required to wear—which ran another $150.
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
Instantly, Jones recognized the sound—cavalry sabers slapping the saddles of Union troops riding in their direction.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing saber
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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