sword
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The sword of Damocles didn’t descend, but its glint lit every meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Soho-based queen also says social media has become a "double-edged sword".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I will die with my sword in my hand,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Our water system’s decentralized, fragmented nature, perhaps a bit like our electoral system, is a double-edged sword, inasmuch as its vulnerabilities are atomized—at least a single hacker can’t contaminate all the water in the country.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Autumn swings her sword like a baseball bat.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Do you think they are going to fall on their swords?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The payoff is a vanity project like no other, except maybe Saddam Hussein’s commissioned Victory Arch of swords in Baghdad, or Kim Il Sung’s North Korean Mansu Hill Grand Monument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the 20-minute gameplay sequence, Lara Croft -- still in her famous blue top and brown shorts -- explores an abandoned tomb in Greece, battling panthers and dodging giant swords falling from the ceiling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
They want swords and plowshares, and that means borrowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Knees bent, swords outstretched, a seemingly natural extension of the arm, point at an invisible foe.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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