walking stick

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Recent Examples on the Web Belichick was also snapped solo taking a hike up a rocky hillside with a walking stick, as well as carrying a set of clubs along the Sankaty Head Golf Club in Massachusetts. Escher Walcott, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024 Thoreau worked as a surveyor after the book’s publication, and his surveying map of the Concord River, displayed alongside his walking stick and the Walden manuscript, shows that his observations of nature were practical as well as poetic. Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024 Hudson also shared some solo shots of Belichick in her post — including one of him hiking up a rock with a walking stick and another of the Super Bowl winner carrying a set of clubs along the Sankaty Head Golf Club in Massachusetts. Natasha Dye, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024 For instance, if someone uses a walking stick as a mobility device to steady themselves, it’s allowed on board. Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for walking stick 
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Noun
  • John died as a result of the poisoning while Lois was also struck with a hammer and fatally stabbed, police said.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • LeBron James barreled through the lane and slammed home a left-handed hammer.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Also common are ransomware schemes, where crooks infect victims’ computers and demand payments to unlock the computers and the information stored on them.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2024
  • There are plenty of us, certainly more than corrupt judges, lying propagandists, and Kremlin crooks.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Using the baton technique, the Mora Companion Spark chops wood like a spitting maul.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Two suspects used a sledgehammer to smash a glass display to steal three Chanel handbags that were said to be worth $10,000 each.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
  • An example is labor once using sledgehammers and pick axes to demo and now using a jackhammer.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 24 July 2024
Noun
  • Don’t prune oak trees in spring or summer when sap-feeding beetles actively spread oak wilt disease.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Why do Asian lady beetles enter homes? Halloween beetles show up in the fall and early spring.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2024

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“Walking stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walking%20stick. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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