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knives

noun as in tableware

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Mr Levy, who is a Chair of the Trustees of Heaton Park Synagogue, described holding the doors to the entrance and said the attacker used knives and plant pots to try to get in.

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Let’s make no mistake about the broader context: The GOP has had its knives out for the Affordable Care Act since its enactment.

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Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford asked Mr Wheeler if he had "any curiosity at all" about who he was selling knives to, to which Mr Wheeler replied: "I suppose not, sir."

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It is alleged that Abedi had three makeshift knives during the initial alleged assault, and collected two more from his cell after the attack had started.

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Too often England have arrived at an Australian gunfight armed only with knives.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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