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

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

OK, Verstappen did not scythe through the group involving Yuki Tsunoda’s RB, Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as quickly as he might have been expected to do.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

He took up a scythe against the Confederate walking dead in “Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies,” also from 2012.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

The word, like a scythe, cut the strings that were holding her upright.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

The rotunda became increasingly crowded with scythes, and the marble walls, floor, and dome made voices echo into a cacophony.

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

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

Calvert-Lewin was keen to make an impression, perhaps too keen, when he scythed down Guimaraes early on.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022

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

Full-back Williams, a late call-up to start for the injured Leigh Halfpenny, continued his impressive performance with a scything break before being the victim of a late challenge from replacement Iain Henderson.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 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

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

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer