cudgel

Example Sentences

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But it was also a standoff largely instigated by Republicans who argued they needed to use the debt limit threat as a cudgel to rein in federal spending.

From Seattle Times

This is not to ignore the treadmill or the work’s title, but to suggest that the cudgel of exercise will be met with resistance.

From New York Times

But lawmakers knew that Mr. DeSantis could use endorsements and primaries as a cudgel.

From New York Times

Democrats have signaled they will use the abortion issue as a political cudgel.

From Washington Times

The conservative website The Federalist picked up the cudgel, attacking The New York Times’s initial coverage of contacts between Russian intelligence officials and associates of Mr. Trump, reporting that earned The Times a Pulitzer Prize.

From New York Times