ax
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Others note that the presence of body-worn cameras has helped disprove frivolous claims filed by criminal suspects or others who have an ax to grind with the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
In Silicon Valley and beyond, companies that are cutting staff are doing it with a big ax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Disney is preparing to ax as many as 1,000 positions in the next few weeks, The Wall Street Journal External link reported late Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
If U.S. regulators really don’t want the country’s biggest filmed content streamer to own HBO and Warner’s studios, then they’ll ax the Netflix deal.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
He eyed it, then patted the head of his ax.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
"Meaning, as they spin around on their axes and orbit around their parents, those rates/frequencies match, leading to the phenomena like us only seeing one side of our moon."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Sonomura’s style is volumetric; he dares himself to discover unexpected axes of movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency,” Reuters announced last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Climbers venturing along the Devil's Backbone trail are advised to carry crampons and ice axes.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
But we already saw in Chapter 10 that the north—south axes and ecological barriers within Africa and the Americas retarded the diffusion of crops and domestic animals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
On day one, Mr. Burnham already axed Keir Starmer’s unpopular digital ID plan and promised a more devolved government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A stage at Reading Festival which previously hosted up-and-coming musicians including Ed Sheeran and Florence + the Machine has been axed.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Earlier this month, Peacock axed Oregon-based beauty technician Vasana Montgomery just days after it announced its slate of Islanders for the show’s eighth season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
One of his projects, focused on adaptation to climate change, has already been axed, and he cannot hire any more PhD students, with a giant question mark over his funding.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
I axed him, “How come you didn’t tell the sheriff you got a address where the gang’s hiding out? He could of tolt us where it’s at.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
VW, whose 10 brands range from mass-market Seats to premium Porsches, is already in the process of axing 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, including 35,000 at its namesake marque.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Manifold has publicly rebutted BP’s version of events, shooting back with statements defending what he described as his focused, fast-paced work aimed at axing expenses and boosting the company’s long-term prospects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The axing of a direct London Gatwick-Goa Air India service has also had an impact.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week seemed to come the closest a Cabinet official has come to a Trump axing this term.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
The cap’n’s good side had got wore down by the few questions the sheriff was axing.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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