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Recent Examples of mace
In Mari’s attempt to escape, they both were sprayed with mace, leaving them equally in pain and defeated.
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Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The nanny said the suspects entered via a patio door, confronted her, and sprayed her in the face with the mace.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
Making the inflammatory effects much more intense than traditional mace used for self-defense, Knauerhaze explained.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
Manley thinks this is due to tradition and people trusting their guns over bear mace.
—Benjamin Alva Polley, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The nanny said the suspects entered via a patio door, confronted her, and sprayed her in the face with the mace.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
Making the inflammatory effects much more intense than traditional mace used for self-defense, Knauerhaze explained.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
Manley thinks this is due to tradition and people trusting their guns over bear mace.
—Benjamin Alva Polley, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
Noun
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If consumed in excess, both cane and high-fructose corn syrup, like all sugars, can carry negative health effects including weight gain, diabetes and heart disease.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Countries ranging from South America to Europe and Asia more commonly use sucrose, derived from cane or beet sugar, in Coca-Cola.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Her eyes are big and sad, and her index finger touches the tip of the nightstick hanging from the policeman’s belt.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Also called a nightstick, the baton is essentially a club with a handle, often used for crowd control.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
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Marshal Goodnight faces charges including impersonating a peace officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of a stun gun, possessing a baton and possessing a tear gas weapon, police said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
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Jasmine reportedly entered the car wearing black gloves and carrying another metal baton.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
2 Mar. 2025
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There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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But in other circumstances, the law became a powerful cudgel wielded to influence concerns that at best had a tangential relationship to the environment.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
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If confirmed, the 64-year-old would oversee the nearly $1.5 trillion the federal government spends on Medicare and Medicaid — health insurance programs that make up a large amount of the budget and have often been wielded as political cudgels.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2025
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And so Coetzee decided that El polaco would be his bludgeon against the dominance of English.—
Carey Baraka,
The Dial,
26 June 2025
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When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Using a multicolored bat and down to his last out, Caminero took three pitches and hit a liner to left.—
Ronald Blum,
Baltimore Sun,
15 July 2025
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Colorado shared an image on social media of a young Ethan Holliday wielding a purple bat at Coors Field while sucking on a pacifier.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The rapper-producer enlisted Armand Hammer’s billy woods and Elucid, Open Mike Eagle, Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, and Hanni El Khatib for Black Hole Superette.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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