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Recent Examples of styletThe team explains how scientists can examine an octopus’ beak, stylets, and growth rings in the lab to determine how old the animal is.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Apr. 2024 Sulfur sprays and stylet oil fungicides will also reduce the spread of powdery mildew.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2023 The last stylet—the hypopharynx—drips mosquito saliva into the wound.—
John Sass,
Field & Stream,
11 Apr. 2023 The procedure involves using a slender surgical probe known as a stylet to guide a tube down the woman's throat, according to Dr. Hudman Hoo, a pulmonologist and the medical director of St. Anthony's Hospital's ICU ward in St. Petersburg, Florida.—
Randi Kaye and Travis Caldwell,
CNN,
11 Sep. 2021 The respiratory therapist pulled out my stylet, inflated the tip balloon through its small port at the top, attached an Ambu bag to the open mouth of the endotracheal tube and pushed in liters of oxygen.—
Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2015
Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
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Ira Porter,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 July 2026
The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.
Like, there’s a chick pushing a he-man out of the way and drawing a dagger to go at a T-Rex.
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Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
29 June 2026
After Jude Bellingham netted Saturday’s first goal in the 62nd minute — snapping an England scoring drought that had lasted for more than three halves — Bellingham set up Kane’s header, which served as the dagger.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.
The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
But one video posted to social media that appears to show a young man wielding a machete and counting down to the deadline has put migrants like Nyirenda on edge.
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Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
After speaking with witnesses, officers learned that the man was involved in a verbal and physical argument with a woman and dragged her down the street while being armed with a machete.