shillelagh

variants also shillalah

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Recent Examples of shillelagh The original shillelagh was retired with a new one introduced in 1997. Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 There are fleas and chamber pots and thumbed noses and a St. Patrick’s Day picnic that — hold on to your shillelagh! Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 Or this:Youu can't pack a shillelagh in your carry-on: TSA finds cudgel at Idaho airport Meg Foster, a justice fellow at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology, said there are concerns about bias within the algorithms of various facial recognition technologies. Rebecca Santana and Rick Gentilo, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023 Air travelers, take note: Be sure to keep your guns and your knives and shillelaghs – and your cats for that matter – out of your carry-ons. Forrest Brown, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023 In contemporary times, some people study bataireacht, a type of Irish martial art, using the shillelagh. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023 Owusu Koramoah loved it when former Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly hoisted the jeweled shillelagh in the locker room when the Irish would beat USC. Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022 The shillelagh, a tall walking stick, was also a protection against large animals. Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022 Alabama played a competitive first half of its NCAA tournament opener Friday against Notre Dame, but then took a whack from the Fighting Irish’s shillelagh in the second half to end its season with a 78-64 loss. Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2022
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Noun
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    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Cheryl Toussaint was on edge waiting for the baton in the early heats of the 4×400 meter relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
    Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
  • And Capitol surveillance footage shows police trying to recover the baton from Clayton, whose right hand makes contact with one of the officers.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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    Macie Stump, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • School officials confirmed that an incident outside Carver Vocational-Technical High School on Thursday afternoon sent students and a staff member to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
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    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Shillelagh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shillelagh. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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