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In 2003, the government of then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder took an ax to unemployment benefits, gave employers more say in setting wages and lowered taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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

In addition to clothing that protects against the wind and cold, anyone attempting to climb steep terrain covered in snow and ice should have mountaineering boots, heavy metal crampons and an ice ax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Waiting for that ax to fall so I could walk away with no forgiveness in my heart.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

This technology is known for large tools shaped on both sides, including hand axes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

But they were pushed back this week, and the government launched a counter-offensive into Tigrayan territory along three axes towards Mekelle, according to the Critical Threats Project, part of the American Enterprise Institute think tank.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

It bears heavy signs of use and was made by Fuhrer Frères of Gstaad, the same Swiss firm that supplied fifteen axes to the 1924 Everest expedition.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Once there, Rondon gave them a generous peace offering—gifts of food, beads, handkerchiefs, and metal tools such as knives and axes.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

In the latest example, Burkinabe singer Issouf Manem-Yam was forced to apologise for past remarks seen as insulting towards Ivorians after his Abidjan concert planned mid-October was axed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

It was axed due to weak sales, operational snags and challenges selling the sandwich during late-night hours, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 said 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday had already been axed, following 1,300 cancellations to and from UK airports a day before.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

As part of the overhaul, the BBC Introducing stage, dedicated to highlighting new artists, has been axed.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Showing the first signs of being alive since we come in, the Keegan man give a crooked smile and axed, “Civilized?”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Plus: Corporate America is axing the ‘micro-team’ boss; Volkswagen board approves doubling job cuts to 100,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

The then Permanent Secretary in Dr Mark Browne said axing the scheme was the most difficult decision he had to make.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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

“Claude here was axing you if you like to cook.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole