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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

The Senate, assuming senators can ax their way past treacherous ice demons and through the Capitol doors, expects to vote on the final few bills next week.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2026

The rind was so hard that Ma had to take Pa’s ax to cut the squash into pieces.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

"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

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

Dependable harvest jobs for farmworkers have been axed, as some growers can’t afford the expense of picking and storing crops they might not be able to sell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

Rachel Reeves was axed as finance minister, replaced by John Healey, while David Lammy left his role as deputy prime minister, as Burnham promoted his own allies and reshuffled the existing pack.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Roles across consulting, sales and the Xbox gaming unit are among those likely to be axed, the people also said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Why, if I had a penny for each person what axed me if you was a dimwit, I’d be rich as George Washington!

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

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

And old problems remain, despite axing Ruben Amorim in the wake of Sunday's 1-1 draw at Elland Road and, specifically, the emotional outburst that followed.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

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

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole