spear

Example Sentences

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He represents something between the pointy end of the spear and City’s personal nuclear warhead.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also "didn't want to be standing on stage holding a spear for the rest of my life, in wrinkled tights, I just wanted to have a bit of a life".

From BBC

Jackson no longer has a face, but his hair is speared by a portion of his horse’s upper thigh.

From Los Angeles Times

Crucially, the company can be the tip of the spear for its partners to secure contracts and win customers.

From Barron's

That database only tracks "unprovoked" incidents – excluding those potentially encouraged by humans through activities such as spear fishing – but a fuller database of all recorded shark interactions in Australia is maintained by Taronga Conservation Society.

From BBC