Swiss Army knife

Example Sentences

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“They are like a Swiss Army knife for the regime—for coercion, defense and punishment all at once.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

“Vlad and crew are turning Robinhood into the Swiss Army knife of finance with trading, banking, crypto, even prediction markets.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

Hackman asked his friend for his Swiss Army knife.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

What that ended up meaning, in reality, was that I was a Swiss Army knife supporting teams across the busy company.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024

You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides