axes
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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
During the last amnesty in 2006, people handed over more than 12,500 blades to police without facing criminal charges - they included machetes, swords, meat cleavers, bayonets and axes.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
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
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
Diffusion was slower in Africa and especially in the Americas, because of those continents’ north-south major axes and geographic and ecological barriers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
