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Recent Examples of switchblade
As a series of alarming chases through the woods, Cuckoo is a fantastic showcase of Singer’s ability to conjure atmospheric unease and Schafer’s chops as a rough-and-tumble final girl armed with a switchblade.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2024
But Leland is also ready, with a switchblade iPhone case and a dagger in a hidden compartment in his briefcase.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 July 2024
During the struggle, the assailant pulled out a switchblade and slashed the man in the forearm before running out of the station.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
As fists and switchblades fly, the combatants take turns invading each other’s dance spaces, leaping and jabbing with grace and athleticism.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2024
But Leland is also ready, with a switchblade iPhone case and a dagger in a hidden compartment in his briefcase.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 July 2024
During the struggle, the assailant pulled out a switchblade and slashed the man in the forearm before running out of the station.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
As fists and switchblades fly, the combatants take turns invading each other’s dance spaces, leaping and jabbing with grace and athleticism.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchblade
Noun
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The sentiment felt like a dagger, striking with unbearable pain.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At the Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia, a pocketknife was found shoved inside someone’s shoe.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife?—
Sarah Goodman,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Well, some customers like to break it apart in other ways or slice it at home by knife.—
Miami Herald File,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
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Mejia was also arrested on Nov. 27, 2024, after allegedly stabbing a neighbor's Ring camera with a kitchen knife.—
Julia Reinstein,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Kevin Torres, David Sosa-Guevara, and Victor Lopez-Morales admitted to using machetes and guns in brutal killings carried out across Long Island, with each defendant now facing decades in federal prison.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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It's been a few years since the last James Bond movie hit theaters, but Saweetie is ready to step into the stilettos of legendary Bond Girls before her with this ultra-sharp bob.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Jan. 2025
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Noun
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Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
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In fact, up until World War II, the most common method for finding the explosives was to prod the ground with a pointed stick or bayonet.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Jan. 2025
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Carry concealed dirk or dagger – 400 block of Santa Fe Drive, 11:12 a.m. DUI – 0 block of La Costa Avenue, 3:32 a.m.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
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California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.—
Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
9 Aug. 2023
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“Switchblade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchblade. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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