scythe

The Vatican foreign minister described the Pope's ability to scythe through difficult subjects with clarity, reminding officials, for example, to remember migrants as human beings and not just "numbers" in their discussions about them.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025

Now, no matter how fast we run, the grim reaper’s scythe is still inches from our heels.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025

This year, the garden staff wielded a scythe, too.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has taken a scythe to the social network’s employee roll, in an increasingly severe campaign to slash costs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

The scythe stood, letting the captain get up.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

Using handmade scythes attached to the end of a long bamboo pole, they cut down the leaves at the top of the palms.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024

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

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023

Farmers harvest with scythes; at Victor’s, I was handed a pair of injury-proof scissors.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

Then scythes around the assembly hall began to shout out their suggestions, some even offering to take Rowan in under house arrest, which could be good or bad, depending on their motive.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

Jacob Murphy and Alexander Isak each scored twice and Joelinton added another as Newcastle scythed through a porous visiting defence that was already under the spotlight from last week's defeat against Bournemouth.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023

Before the lawn mower was invented in 1830 to level off the surrounding field, gardens needed to stand head and shoulders above their scythed or grazed setting.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

The long grass had to be scythed and hoed under.

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

Bordeaux full-back Rayasi was rampant in the opening quarter, demonstrated by a scything counter-attack before his loose pass went astray.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

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

They include stone lifting and dragging, wood chopping and sawing, scything and running with milk pails.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2021

And he returned to his work scything the long grass.

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