scythe

Acme was filmed right as the steeply indebted Warner Bros. was merging with Zaslav’s Discovery Inc.; it then fell prey to the new CEO’s scythe.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

At the center of it all is Brent Charles’ sinewy Caius Martius Coriolanus, who runs through the play like a human scythe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

He also cut the hay at the end of summer, initially trying with a scythe - Poldark-style - but ultimately finding a small tractor does the trick in a less backbreaking way.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Now, no matter how fast we run, the grim reaper’s scythe is still inches from our heels.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025

The idea of irrevocable death without the controlled hand of a scythe was too much to bear for a world that had conquered mortality.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Monumental scythes through what will feel like a small town come race day.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Industries of textiles, or metalworkers making nails and scythes, were shaped like "factories without machines spread out over hundreds of households" according to Shaw-Taylor -- and increasingly produced goods for international markets.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

Thanksgiving holiday scythes volumes later but there was plenty to keep them busy while they did it.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023

Dr. Dehaene began his slide show with a collage of photographs showing symbols engraved in rock — scythes, axes, animals, gods, suns, stars, spirals, zigzags, parallel lines, dots.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

The instant their parents saw scythes stepping out of the helicopter, they gathered their children and hurried away, ignoring their children’s wails of protest.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Then in early September, the Houthis scythed through the Red Sea port of Mokha, along with Dhubab, Bab el-Mandeb and Perim Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

But West Ham's hopes of a comeback were dealt a blow when Diouf scythed down Dango Ouattara six minutes into the second period and Thiago sent keeper Mads Hermansen the wrong way from the spot.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Girona ended the game with 10 men when Roca scythed down Yamal to cut short a desperate Barca attack deep in stoppage time.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Nothing could have provided a more suitable host than an area of prairie where native grasses had been scythed away and the ground torn up by metal ploughshares and the hooves of a farmer’s horses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

The long grass had to be scythed and hoed under.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

The visitors were playing the more expansive attacking rugby with full-back Yoshitaka Yazaki making a scything break only for Japan to knock on.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

An occasional scything wind flapped the flags flying at half-staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Thanksgiving holiday scything volumes but there was plenty to keep them busy while they did it.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023

The school has been without a gym since Hurricane Laura made landfall in August 2020 with 150-mile-an-hour winds and a tidal surge that reached 17 feet before scything through the state’s western and central parishes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

The interference took the form of scything tusks that ducked below Butler’s guard.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer