axes
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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
From those measurements, they determined that the magnetic and rotational axes of 1E 1547 are almost aligned.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 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
“Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency,” Reuters announced last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Wooden clubs, stone axes, mauls, spears with fire-hardened points, knives of bone and stone and dragon- glass, wicker shields, bone armor, boiled leather.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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