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Recent Examples of poniard
John Tufts, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2017
Noun
This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.
—John Tufts, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poniard
Noun
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The dagger is a metallurgical masterpiece that could be up to 2,500 years old, per the statement.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Threaten the rubber hand by attempting to stab it with a dagger, for instance, and the participants exhibit an involuntary startle or fear response.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
15 Sep. 2023
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
3 Sep. 2023
Noun
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For the occasion, the office of the local governor had prepared an elaborate ceremony, with a military band and an honor guard standing at attention, the bayonets of their rifles glinting in the sun.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Striking miners were astonished to discover soldiers from the U.S. Army disembarking from train cars, their bayonets glittering in the frosty air.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
Noun
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Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
30 June 2022
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Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.—
Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2017
Verb
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For paving, Liu used bricks perforated with holes and filled with soil, allowing grass to sprout through the middle.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The triangular perforated wall with its clever use of perspective serves as a seamless connection between the store’s interior and exterior by integrating the outdoor landscape with the in-store display.—
WWD,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Earlier that month, a 39-year-old man was hospitalized after he was shot by deputies in Oakland Park while armed with a knife.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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Seconds later, Sesma ran up with a knife and helped Yousif hold the suspect down.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Cite this Entry
“Poniard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poniard. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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