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sword

[sawrd, sohrd] / sɔrd, soʊrd /




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AI enters a culture already sliced and diced by the double-edged sword of digital technology.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The force said the man was walking along the main road with the sword, adding no-one was injured.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

To HBO, this “Game of Thrones” spinoff is a bridge between its lucrative sword, sorcery and old magic high fantasies.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

"It's a double-edged sword," said Sibylle Treiblmaier, outside the house in the town of Braunau am Inn on the border with Germany.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

It swings Autumn’s sword, which slides harmlessly through the crocodile head like a mirage.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer