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broadsword

[brawd-sawrd, -sohrd] / ˈbrɔdˌsɔrd, -ˌsoʊrd /


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He showed me his replica medieval broadsword, his podcasting setup and one of his favored books, Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.”

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh described the film as “a social satire that wields a scalpel, not a cleaving broadsword, as it surgically slices through the many hypocrisies of the culture industry at large.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2024

The public will be able to see the solid-silver-hilted broadsword from March next year.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2023

“Trying to pick a single sector to outperform the market is like trying to hit a piñata with a broadsword after you’ve been blindfolded and spun around.”

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2022

But when Dawn set another day a-shining I took my spear and broadsword and I climbed a rocky point above the ship, for sight or sound of human labor.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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