dagger

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And, of course, they’re playing Luka and A.R. basketball, the two best players on this team throwing down one dagger after another, even playing better with James on the court alongside them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The novel’s satisfying denouement is assured when a disgraced former colleague of Ben’s, gloriously named Richard Take, accepts the proverbial dagger from Martin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

One woman said: "It has been cloak and dagger throughout this whole process. We can't get a straight answer as to what has changed so drastically to allow the park to be built on?"

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

He waited a beat, then delivered the dagger: “And we can come and take over your sport at any moment if we really wanted to.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

There was a dagger which—claimed the handwritten label—could cut any material in the Archipelago.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell