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leisters

noun

plural of leister

as in harpoons

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Streamlining the process of coalescing supply chain insights will help brands not just with the regulations coming down the pike, but those that will inevitably follow.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
To give you an inside scoop on what’s coming down the pike in the next few months, the automotive experts at Edmunds have picked five vehicles that promise to be well worth the wait.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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Each is almost seven by five feet, and most establish a broad field of color—blue, crimson, orange—across which migrate sharp and irregular shapes, some like long teeth or spears, others like shards of obsidian.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Spears and a club The team found a pointed stick and two spears lying close to the antlered skulls of red deer.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of spears

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Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms).

— Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.

— Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of tridents

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The lower spars and booms are Oregon Pine, while the upper masts, gaffs, jackyards, and spinnaker boom are Alaskan Sitka Spruce.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
Spurs on some of the chickens were cut excessively short to fit steel fighting gaffs and blades for more lethal fighting, deputies said.

— Timia Cobb, Dallas Morning News, 7 Apr. 2026

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