knife

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Up to 250 schools in knife crime hotspots will receive specialist training in a bid to divert children from serious violence, the government has announced.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

It comes as the government is expected to set out more details of how it plans to meet its ambition to halve knife crime within a decade.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Nevertheless, investors should watch Bitcoin through the long weekend with the Middle East situation on a knife edge and market-moving news all but inevitable.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“Equipped with a prosthesis simulating a glass eye over his pupil,” we are told, Mr. Day-Lewis “practiced hitting it with the tip of his knife without batting an eyelid.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead of wasting any more time, Jack took out the witch’s knife and used it to slice through the lock, which it cut through as easily as it had the trees in the Black Forest.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley