spear
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“The real tip of the spear is when we can create an AI protagonist,” he said, imagining audiences emotionally investing in AI-generated stars — say, a Clint Eastwood-type figure.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Hunting arose as humans perfected the craft of stalking—the ability to get within a spear thrust of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The Wisconsin locals trying to spear a 200-pound fish.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
Fighters wrap ropes around their punching hand, named "the spear", and block oncoming blows with the other, referred to as the "shield".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
After lowering a torpedo filled with nitroglycerin into the belly of the earth, the muddied workers would detonate it, occasionally turning up a fragment of an ancient American Indian spear or an arrowhead.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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