axes

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One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

In a field where buzzards were flying overhead, they used metal probes and pick axes and shovels in their search for remains.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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

There was no graceful way around it, but her hands clung to the lip of the stone ledge where the ancient axes were displayed.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo