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Recent Examples of halberdDuring different events, the guards will add white gloves, a black helmet and/or the halberd.—Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku.—Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024 Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game.—WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 Among them was Stan Wollman, 69, a member of the New Plimmoth Gard, who was dressed in the armor-plated uniform of a pike officer, complete with a halberd — a long, pole-like weapon tipped with a blade.—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019 For the uninitiated, a halberd is a medieval weapon that looks like a combination of a spear and an axe.—cleveland.com, 18 May 2017 Words like halberd and basilisk became part of my daily vocabulary.—Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2012 Ten minutes later, the president’s motorcade was greeted by Swiss Guards who stood to attention with their halberds and ostrich-plumed helmets.—Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2017
In the prequel, wildcard Edwards is discharged from the SEALs after an operation, and his coveted trident insignia is removed from his uniform.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
More minutes should follow in the States, even if Mbaye has the unenviable task of trying to break into one of Europe’s most devastating attacking tridents.
It's topped with relish, onion, tomato, a dill pickle spear, pickled sport peppers and celery salt.
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Jenny Porter Tilley,
IndyStar,
16 July 2025
If our institutions of higher learning represent the armory of our competitiveness — equipping the next generation with the tools to compete and win in today’s economy — then our incubators and accelerators are the tip of our spear.
Other perennial species are starting to become more widely available at specialty nurseries including lance leaf blanket flower, Gaillardia aestivalis, which is native to the southeastern United States.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 July 2025
Flame-retardant foams do little, and fire departments now favor high-pressure water lances or immersion pits.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 June 2025
Navarro, meanwhile, will continue on at Wimbledon — but with a tough matchup coming down the pike.
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Grace Jordan-Weinstein,
People.com,
3 July 2025
Murfreesboro and Hobson pikes tied for second with two fatal crashes reported since 2019, but has more total crashes, 403, than any intersection on the list.
The senior placed first at the Div. 1 championship in both javelin and discus.
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Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
6 July 2025
The triumph marked the Missouri program’s first individual javelin national title and a new personal-best throw for Barrios Bornacelli, shattering a mark of 190-11 set at the SEC Outdoor Championships on May 15 in Lexington, Kentucky.
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