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saber

[say-ber] / ˈseɪ bər /
NOUN
weapon
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For years, historians followed the bomb’s echoes through the Cold War: Bikini Atoll and nuclear bunkers, Strangelove and SALT, détente and Defcon, Star Wars and saber rattling, to hit a few low points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Yet at other times he has rattled the nuclear saber.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

The Eisenhower library has several swords from the president in its collection, including a saber and a sword of honour featured in a current exhibit.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

It doesn’t matter that Dershwitz is the reigning world champion in men’s saber and a medal favorite at the 2024 Paris Games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

He began buttoning his shirt as the courier rode off—no hurry, why hurry?—and began slipping on the belt and saber.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

He told the president he could go even farther than Ronald Reagan, which, in this context, is an interesting statement, since Reagan rattled some sabers initially but actually made the judicious decision to withdraw.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026

Paleontologists still do not know how saber-toothed animals like Smilodon hunted prey without breaking their unwieldy sabers.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

The molecular sabers are unlikely to promote resistance because bacteria cannot easily change the essential cell-wall components that lysins target.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2023

The game lets players create their own Jedi, wield light sabers and choose whether to follow the light or dark side of the Force, in a galaxy filled with complex characters and a rich story.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022

Fawkes was soaring around its head, and the basilisk was snapping furiously at him with fangs long and thin as sabers — Fawkes dived.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling


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