axe

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Last week, British bank Standard Chartered announced plans to axe thousands of jobs by 2030 as artificial intelligence replaces employees in a range of administrative roles.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Lawyers for CPL accuse some of the former workers who spoke to the BBC of having "an axe to grind" against the company.

From BBC • May 27, 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

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

Mr. Leroy took one more swing and left the axe biting in the tree.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis