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walking stick



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Around 2016, he lost the ability to play golf, a longtime passion, and relied on a walking stick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

It was the sitcom analogue to Conan Doyle’s “the trick,” the term for when Sherlock Holmes would dazzle Dr. Watson by telling him everything about someone just by looking at their walking stick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

It is a painful and slow journey, using a walking stick.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

On 8 September 2022, Tobin was leaving his cell to get medication when a prison officer pointed out he wasn't using his walking stick.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

He’d been going down there nearly every day, tearing his walking stick into the elephant-ear leaves that curtained the riverbank.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver