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Recent Examples of scimitar
Each occupies one half of the 300,000 square meter building, which is designed to resemble a pair of Qatari crossed scimitars.
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Lilit Marcus, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
This hierarchy of killers and deceivers employs switcheroo treachery and brutality, implementing various blades, daggers, scimitars, and cleavers.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Mar. 2023
The slab contained huge scimitar fins.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2010
Riot gear meets scimitar in the streets of Verona, where the civil war between the Montagues and the Capulets has technically ended but hostilities persist in a musical no man’s land.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
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Lilit Marcus, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
This hierarchy of killers and deceivers employs switcheroo treachery and brutality, implementing various blades, daggers, scimitars, and cleavers.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Mar. 2023
The slab contained huge scimitar fins.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2010
Riot gear meets scimitar in the streets of Verona, where the civil war between the Montagues and the Capulets has technically ended but hostilities persist in a musical no man’s land.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scimitar
Noun
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With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2024
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In 2019, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas stabbed the balloon of sky-high expectations of his candidacy with a broadsword of a meltdown in Miami.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Aug. 2023
Noun
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As for weapons, Jon Snow’s Valyrian steel sword, Longclaw; Arya Stark’s rapier, Needle and Jaime Lannister’s Oathkeeper are among the offerings.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
The Indianapolis Star,
9 Sep. 2024
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Its climax pits gentleman thief Arsène Lupin III against the dastardly Count Lazare de Cagliostro, with their rivalry culminating in a sweeping duel — the Count with a rapier, Lupin with a giant wrench — inside of the titular castle’s clock tower.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2024
Noun
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While the economic saber rattling may not be followed-up with actual tariffs, the threat alone is enough to rattle financial markets and give business people pause about making new investments.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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The leaders of Russia and North Korea keep rattling their atomic sabers.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 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
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And memories of them putting the Reds to the sword are still very, very fresh.—
Sam Tighe,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Mirror and the Light opens with that profoundly disturbing execution, Foy a pale rictus of fear and vulnerability as she is led to the block, where she is blindfolded and positioned before the executioner’s sword.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Scimitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scimitar. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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