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“That sort of thing to get away from special interest groups having an ax to grind then and then, abusing the corporate governance process for their ends,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

The stock was lifted earlier this week by the news that regulators moved to ax a decades-old rule that required “pattern day traders” to keep a minimum $25,000 equity in their margin accounts.

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 put on some gloves and grabbed the ax.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

"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

The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

That advice included “find a private cadre of advisers who have no axes to grind” and “call your mom.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Most slaves were prisoners of war, seized in intertribal conflicts and sold by enemy Indian groups to the English in exchange for guns, pots, and axes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

A retirement-style benefit that was being axed will now continue through 2031, subject to a “baseline performance expectation,” according to an email to agents reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

A total of 2,150 of the positions being axed are in Germany, with talks to be held with staff representatives in the coming weeks.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Jose Mourinho's second spell at Stamford Bridge ended when he was axed in December 2015, seven months after winning the title, as they lay one point above the relegation zone.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

When Colbert announced last year that his show was being axed by CBS after this season, there were reports that the program was losing up to $50 million a year.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

The cap’n axed the automaton, “How long to Windsor?”

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

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

With logistics-software provider WiseTech axing more than a quarter of its staff on AI-driven efficiencies, the Jarden analysts take a look at possible impacts of similar potential moves elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

In the meantime, the domestic club game is in crisis with the Welsh Rugby Union keen on axing one of the four professional teams competing in the United Rugby Championship to save money.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 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