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Even before Brew’s foot woes, word of a man wielding a machete and threatening hikers worked its way along the trail grapevine.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO FALL IN LOVE ON A LONG HIKEGRAYSON HAVER CURRINFEBRUARY 13, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
In 2015, the city paid $5,000 to a man shot by police while he wielded a machete against the officers.
NEW YORK CITY PAID AN NBA STAR MILLIONS AFTER AN NYPD OFFICER BROKE HIS LEG. THE OFFICER PAID LITTLE PRICE.BY MIKE HAYES FOR PROPUBLICAJANUARY 12, 2021PROPUBLICA
Guevara was stabbed more than 140 times with knives and a machete, according to the Daily Progress, with one strike so severe that the machete broke.
THREE ACCUSED OF MS-13 GANG-RELATED VIOLENCE IN VIRGINIARACHEL WEINERNOVEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST
He dug a grave with his machete among the smoking ruins of the hacienda, in which he laid his brother's body.
THE PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIESGUSTAVE AIMARD
Millions of people from Texas to Patagonia have long found the machete an ever-ready tool.
HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, OCTOBER 1, 1895VARIOUS
He seized the lance, and, with it and the machete, retired to the convent.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XXXV, 1640-1649VARIOUS
To men of to-day this jungle would have been impenetrable, except by the incessant use of axe or machete.
IN THE MORNING OF TIMECHARLES G. D. ROBERTS
The Ulleran whirled, swinging a blade somewhere between a big butcherknife and a small machete.
ULLER UPRISINGHENRY BEAM PIPER, JOHN D. CLARK AND JOHN F. CARR
The oldest of the party carried a great machete, and one of them closely hugged a bottle full of spirits.
IN INDIAN MEXICO (1908)FREDERICK STARR
The probable signification is “Give twice twenty strokes with a machete,” and hence is but partially phonetic.
AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE MAYA CODICESCYRUS THOMAS

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