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walking stick

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Recent Examples of walking stick With no treatments beyond assistive tools such as walking sticks and screen reading software, the condition greatly impacts both mental health and quality of life. — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Among the photos were his pups, chicken coops covered in snow and David trekking through the terrain with a walking stick. — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 Bring Trekking Poles Bring a walking stick or hiking poles to help reduce the balance challenge and encourage your upper-body muscles to take on some of the stress your knees may otherwise field, Sommer says. — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025 Last Samurai Standing is unclear about the details of Gentosai’s whole deal, but uses him fantastically, showing only glimpses of his face and relying more on his body in movement, and the tinkling of the bell attached to his walking stick, to amplify viewers’ fear and anticipation. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for walking stick

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Noun

And less than 24 hours later, the NFL dropped the proverbial hammer on Greenlaw.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
With the run as a hammer and Baugh with 600 rushing yards in four games, Faulkner’s attack was at times unstoppable through September.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Monsignor Laurent Ulrich, the archbishop of Paris, will then officially reopen the cathedral by banging his crosier on the main door.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024

Definition of crosier

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More supplementing than replacing the famous FBI’s Most Wanted list, the currently 13 crook strong Most Wanted Fraudsters list was launched on June 4, 2026 to focus on white-collar crimes.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
But con men and crooks operate in the same world as fixers, and journalists can be easy marks for a story that’s too good to be true.

— Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026

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Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Whatever is decided in November, Sterling has taken a sledgehammer to his own reputation.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sledgehammer

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Forests harbor twice as many trees as those better able to resist a beetle outbreak.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
The brothel is huge and painted black, like a plump beetle luxuriating in the sun, and the opulence of its internal decoration is matched by Kate herself.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

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