machete
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Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cuellar identified the man who allegedly wielded the machete as Cornell Richardson, 32.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
In his field, just a stone's throw from his house, Kone still works only with a machete and wears open-toed shoes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
"It was more like Lord of the Flies or Borstal," she said, adding that every girl there had a machete, in order to cut the grass.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
No one’s talking, the tension so thick in the air you’d need a machete just to make it to the refrigerator and back.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Besides pulling off dozens of ticks, Bardwell recalled the main challenge being “wait-a-minute vines,” made tougher by cheap, ineffective machetes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
He asked: "Did AR have any remote reason - as far as you can really tell - or his family to be ordering machetes?"
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
In March, Victoria announced legislative changes to its Control of Weapons Act, making it illegal to sell or possess machetes, with the new law to start in September.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
The ban covers machetes, which are broadly defined as "knives with a cutting blade longer than 20cm".
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
Sierra used the chalk to scribble two women with machetes and long capes.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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