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Disney is preparing to ax as many as 1,000 positions in the next few weeks, The Wall Street Journal External link reported late Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

Everyone who’s had an ax to grind about Geno is piling on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

If U.S. regulators really don’t want the country’s biggest filmed content streamer to own HBO and Warner’s studios, then they’ll ax the Netflix deal.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

In addition to clothing that protects against the wind and cold, anyone attempting to climb steep terrain covered in snow and ice should have mountaineering boots, heavy metal crampons and an ice ax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Drenched in sweat, he swung the ax aggressively.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

But they were pushed back this week, and the government launched a counter-offensive into Tigrayan territory along three axes towards Mekelle, according to the Critical Threats Project, part of the American Enterprise Institute think tank.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

By combining measurements taken along the axes of the jets, the team searched for H-alpha, a characteristic signature of ionized hydrogen gas.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

He grew to hate the grinding sound of saws and axes.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

Sources at the corporation denied reports in the Sun newspaper the programme would be axed as part of a plan to make savings.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

However, while they have saved £8.5m of a projected £16.5m pay-off to axed boss Ruben Amorim after he accepted a job at AC Milan, other costs have increased.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 said 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday had already been axed, following 1,300 cancellations to and from UK airports a day before.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Since taking over, Warsh has axed so-called "forward guidance" on the likely direction of Fed policy and called for the central bank to communicate less on its decision-making process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The sheriff axed, “This boy y’all’s running down ain’t in a place called Buxton, is he?”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Ohio, Arizona and Illinois have become less attractive after pausing or axing exemptions, said Ian Boccaccio of tax firm Ryan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

VW, whose 10 brands range from mass-market Seats to premium Porsches, is already in the process of axing 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, including 35,000 at its namesake marque.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Aston Martin has confirmed it will be axing 20% of its workforce, with the firm's net losses jumping 52% last year to £493.2m.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week seemed to come the closest a Cabinet official has come to a Trump axing this term.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026

Pa said, “All I’m axing is that you don’t send Zephariah alone with all that money. Let’s get someone else to ride ’longside him, someone we all trust.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis