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Recent Examples of walking stick
The most conspicuous objects on the seabed were porcelain and thousands of rattan canes, intended for use as walking sticks or in furniture-making.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
But when the actor playing Judge Brack, the play’s lustful old bachelor, emerged from the wings with his walking stick, eyeglass and thick mustache, the house erupted in jeers and boos.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
This year, the Japanese designer Keiji Takeuchi organized an exhibition of elegant — even playful — walking sticks at Milan’s Triennale in May.
—Natalia Torija, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2024
Walking poles, also known as walking sticks, hiking sticks, hiking staffs, and trekking poles, can increase the benefits of walking.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
But when the actor playing Judge Brack, the play’s lustful old bachelor, emerged from the wings with his walking stick, eyeglass and thick mustache, the house erupted in jeers and boos.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
This year, the Japanese designer Keiji Takeuchi organized an exhibition of elegant — even playful — walking sticks at Milan’s Triennale in May.
—Natalia Torija, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2024
Walking poles, also known as walking sticks, hiking sticks, hiking staffs, and trekking poles, can increase the benefits of walking.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walking stick
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The Trump administration, along with Elon Musk and his initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency, have taken a hammer to that pillar of stability.—
Campbell Robertson,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But the league also unveiled a major rule change to the use of hammers prior to play on Monday.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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World & Nation Notre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s ‘heart’ in 5 years Dec. 6, 2024 The ceremony began with Ulrich symbolically reopening Notre Dame’s grand wooden doors, tapping them three times with his fire-scarred crosier.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
29 Nov. 2024
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Crypto crook Sam Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year sentence in the SHU at the Brooklyn detention center.—
Katherine Fung,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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More… By hook or by crook, even with new owners Skydance bound to take over Paramount this year, there will be a fourth Sonic the Hedgehog with the studio dating it for March 19, 2027.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.—
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
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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
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Last month, the Trump Administration took a sledgehammer to federal funding.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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This is evident in the lyrics, yes, but even more in what’s not as obvious: the 600-watt sledgehammer production, the frantic tempo, and, yes, the senseless chanting in the chorus.—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
14 Feb. 2025
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The beetles had short lifespans after maturing, but the arachnid can be seen in the Fragile Kingdom desert and rainforest exhibit.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Federal authorities found 37 live beetles, almost the length of a human hand, at a South California airport.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Walking stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walking%20stick. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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