knives

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In 2023, police performed a wellness check after she danced on camera with two large knives, which she said were fake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Gavalas said he preferred knives, and Gemini agreed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Finds included bone pegs for stretching vellum as it dried, and tools such as knives and pumice stones for scraping and smoothing animal hides.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Hooligan is equally audacious, with a rhythm track built from the sound of sharpening knives and snatches of cinematic strings that somehow leads into a dizzying falsetto chorus.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

My father and great-uncle got their knives and spears and left their houses to meet the other men of the village.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau