scythe

Acme was filmed right as the steeply indebted Warner Bros. was merging with Zaslav’s Discovery Inc.; it then fell prey to the new CEO’s scythe.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

At the center of it all is Brent Charles’ sinewy Caius Martius Coriolanus, who runs through the play like a human scythe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Alright, I’m paraphrasing, but it’s true: A deluge of new franchise installments hitting theaters every year is as sure of a bet as gambling that the grim reaper’s scythe will be razor-sharp.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2025

Kyogo Furuhashi doesn't need to don the cloak and scythe of the grim reaper when he fetches up at Ibrox on Sunday.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

The scythe was no longer a scythe: it had stretched into ribbons of iron, anchored to the ground with the handle the scythe had once been fastened to.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Monumental scythes through what will feel like a small town come race day.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Industries of textiles, or metalworkers making nails and scythes, were shaped like "factories without machines spread out over hundreds of households" according to Shaw-Taylor -- and increasingly produced goods for international markets.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

Thanksgiving holiday scythes volumes later but there was plenty to keep them busy while they did it.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023

Dr. Dehaene began his slide show with a collage of photographs showing symbols engraved in rock — scythes, axes, animals, gods, suns, stars, spirals, zigzags, parallel lines, dots.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

“I’ve had the benefit of being trained by the two greatest scythes who ever lived—you and Scythe Faraday. If that hasn’t prepared me for today, nothing could have.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Then in early September, the Houthis scythed through the Red Sea port of Mokha, along with Dhubab, Bab el-Mandeb and Perim Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Girona ended the game with 10 men when Roca scythed down Yamal to cut short a desperate Barca attack deep in stoppage time.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Nothing could have provided a more suitable host than an area of prairie where native grasses had been scythed away and the ground torn up by metal ploughshares and the hooves of a farmer’s horses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Sakala tried to escape Stewart on the left only to be scythed down by the defender.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2023

The long grass had to be scythed and hoed under.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

An occasional scything wind flapped the flags flying at half-staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Thanksgiving holiday scything volumes but there was plenty to keep them busy while they did it.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023

The school has been without a gym since Hurricane Laura made landfall in August 2020 with 150-mile-an-hour winds and a tidal surge that reached 17 feet before scything through the state’s western and central parishes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

Raphinha converted his own penalty to give Leeds an early lead, only to concede a spot kick at the other end when scything down Toni Rudiger.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021

The dwarf aimed his scything jaws skyward, punching through the floorboards.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer