hatchet
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Sosnoff is a bit more measured in his final assessment, quoting a participant as saying, “We haven’t buried the hatchet yet, but it’s been put away in the closet,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
An image from the scene appeared to show a hatchet with a yellow and black handle lying in the back seat.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Most famously, Parson Weems invented from whole cloth the story about young Washington taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree, then confessing to it.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
The government took a hatchet to its payrolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
“So close,” he said aloud, “so close ...” He put die hatchet back in his belt and went out of the shelter, limping on his sore leg.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
The documentary closes on a similar note: Take That are national treasures, their reputation is secure, their hatchets are buried.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Alan recalls exposed wooden beams that were notched with hatchets to achieve a hand-cut look, the original embossed-leather wallpaper and the solid two-inch oak front door that “took a lot of work” to open.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
The smugglers had placed the radio and hatchets there to help the migrants call for help and break out of the trailer should they run into trouble.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
The sound of hatchets resonates across the field: thwack, thwack, thwack.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
They went at the hardened zoquete with pickaxes, hatchets, even acetylene torches.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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