as in to spear
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Out of nowhere, D’Angelo speared both men through the announce table.—
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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As settlers moved into the area and took tribal lands near the river for farming, the Bindjareb resorted to taking the settlers’ crops and spearing their cattle for food.— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
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Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.— USA Today, USA Today, 5 June 2025
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Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.— Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.— Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
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Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.— Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
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Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson — and other right-wing influencers — in recent months who have become disenchanted with the president.— Todd Spangler, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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Trump lashed out at them and Tucker in a long, rambling social media post earlier this month.— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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Tucker clubbed it 435 feet into the seats for a two-run home run, the first of his three hits in the game.— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
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Pavement was real end-of-the-century stuff, punk’s ethos of sledgehammering critique stripped of its former heroism and shock value.— Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
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Under cover of darkness, a squad of SEALs enters a two-story apartment building, slips upstairs, and sledgehammers its way through a wall, awakening a family on the other side.— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
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Smith lived in Brownsville, less than a mile from where he was stabbed, according to cops.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Authorities are searching for a suspect after a woman was stabbed to death and another was injured inside of a single-family home on Monday morning.— Austin Turner, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Read on to discover what the chefs will be whipping us this year at Culinary Masters.— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
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In a video obtained by WBZ, Nguyen can be seen sitting on the side of the mountain as the wind whipped around him.— Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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