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sword

[sawrd, sohrd] / sɔrd, soʊrd /




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“I love physical challenges. I’ve had to learn how to sword fight, ice skate, shoot a pistol, taekwondo, horseback riding. It’s like practicing to be this other person, and it kind of rubs off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The law’s shield is shattered, and its sword is dulled.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

But success is a double-edged sword for Coventry.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

It also was a place with "no sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialisation of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding and forgiveness."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

She took her sword and thrust it into the loamy earth.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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