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The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner swinging a pickax.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
At the center of the maelstrom stands Léna Lazare, holding a pickax.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
Investigators later found blood and human tissue in the bed of the truck, as well as on tools in the garage, including hedge trimmers, branch cutters, an ax, a pickax, a baseball bat and a rake.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
The tools shown on the flag — a plow, an anchor, a hammer and pickax — honor the trades: agriculture, mining, manufacturing and navigation.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
At the center of the maelstrom stands Léna Lazare, holding a pickax.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
Investigators later found blood and human tissue in the bed of the truck, as well as on tools in the garage, including hedge trimmers, branch cutters, an ax, a pickax, a baseball bat and a rake.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
The tools shown on the flag — a plow, an anchor, a hammer and pickax — honor the trades: agriculture, mining, manufacturing and navigation.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
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“Pickax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pickax. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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pickax
noun
pick·ax
ˈpik-ˌaks 
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