bayonet
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In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
The bayonet had to go, perhaps, because there had been complaints that the statue “should carry a wreath instead of a rifle,” said a Seattle Times story in Oct.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022
The officers pulled him over on the 500 block of South Capitol Street SW and saw a bayonet and machete inside his truck.
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2021
Gloria Richardson pushed aside a bayonet as a ’60s civil rights activist.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020
Nate quickly ripped off the coat and silver hat and tossed them into a bush, along with the musket and bayonet.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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The American Civil War
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