axes

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During the last amnesty in 2006, people handed over more than 12,500 blades to police without facing criminal charges - they included machetes, swords, meat cleavers, bayonets and axes.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

He remembers using ice axes to climb in the winter when he was only 15.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Using machetes and axes, they cut through the jungle’s dense foliage.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple