sword
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The sword of Damocles didn’t descend, but its glint lit every meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Soho-based queen also says social media has become a "double-edged sword".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The last update showed a photo of a sword.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Our water system’s decentralized, fragmented nature, perhaps a bit like our electoral system, is a double-edged sword, inasmuch as its vulnerabilities are atomized—at least a single hacker can’t contaminate all the water in the country.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
I asked for the sword back, and it flew back to me without me even touching it.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Do you think they are going to fall on their swords?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The payoff is a vanity project like no other, except maybe Saddam Hussein’s commissioned Victory Arch of swords in Baghdad, or Kim Il Sung’s North Korean Mansu Hill Grand Monument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the 20-minute gameplay sequence, Lara Croft -- still in her famous blue top and brown shorts -- explores an abandoned tomb in Greece, battling panthers and dodging giant swords falling from the ceiling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
"The last owner of the castle, Denys Eyre Bower, did collect swords but the lake itself was built in the 1800s," Collick said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In their hands they held metal curtain rods instead of swords.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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