axe

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Some groups have backed a ban - including police leaders, who said any platform which does not axe certain features should be banned for under-16s.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Still, this could reverse if hiring slows or jobs face the axe due to lingering uncertainty, while the ECB already expects wage growth to cool this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The carmaker is struggling with Chinese competition, US tariffs and patchy demand for electric vehicles, and already has plans to axe 50,000 jobs across all its brands in Germany by 2030.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Finally, things get going with a funeral — I won’t say whose, only that the death makes a fitting twist for an industry already getting the axe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien