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She also had silver earplugs threaded through with silver hoops, an awl covered in silver—and a companion: a middle-age man laid to rest in the same jar with a fraction of her wealth.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 4, 2023

"Wagner is not a piece of slippery soap which the bureaucrats have got used to shoving all over the place; Wagner is an awl, a stiletto that you cannot hide," Prigozhin said.

From Reuters ● May 28, 2023

With a screwdriver or an awl, poke into the wood; if it goes in more than ⅛ inch, rot has probably begun.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

In one example, the investigator’s own fingerprint was found on the awl, demonstrating “incompetence and lack of professionalism,” according to Smith’s Monday filing.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2022

“With an awl, pumpkin. A really sharp one.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

“I hear that pretty much every day,” Treft said, in a back workroom filled with assorted hammers, awls, jerk needles and heavy wax thread.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2021

Some of the points were shaped into scrapers and awls; others bore a mark where they may have been attached to a shaft and used as spears.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2018

The site became a tourist attraction; thousands of state schoolchildren were bused in on field trips, as workers on the flood plain unearthed delicate ancient tools such as needles and awls.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2017

They scrape old layers of varnish and wood with awls, planes and other tools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2015

To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann