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Recent Examples of mace
Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
Louisiana recently OK'd the use of mace and pepper spray in juvenile detention facilities.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
In a brutal roundup of 141 people on October 27, heavily fortified law enforcement officials ripped Native American elders from prayer circles, and used mace, pepper spray, sound cannons, flash bang grenades, rubber bullets, and bean bag guns.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2016
For example, on October 22, water protectors holding a prayer ceremony were encircled by law enforcement who deployed mace, and arrested more than 120 people.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2016
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
Louisiana recently OK'd the use of mace and pepper spray in juvenile detention facilities.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
In a brutal roundup of 141 people on October 27, heavily fortified law enforcement officials ripped Native American elders from prayer circles, and used mace, pepper spray, sound cannons, flash bang grenades, rubber bullets, and bean bag guns.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2016
For example, on October 22, water protectors holding a prayer ceremony were encircled by law enforcement who deployed mace, and arrested more than 120 people.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
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Her chief cargo was rattan canes, from the island of Sumatra.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Upon hearing the speech, South Carolina representative Preston Brooks used his cane to beat Sumner into unconsciousness.Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
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Blurry lacks a central character, instead letting the narrative flow from person to person, couple to couple, like a passed baton made up of grace and light.The Week US, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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Evans then allegedly turned the gun on the man, firing several shots as the victim attempted to swat away his gun with the baton.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Each side must field somewhere between two and eleven players, some of whom shall carry flattened truncheons, while others toss about leather balls.Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
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General sentiment on social media also seems positive, with negativity almost entirely centered on one particular plotline involving a non-binary character, now being used as a culture war cudgel.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Russia, too, has used immigration as a cudgel in its propaganda in Europe, amplifying incidents and protests, including the recent unrest in Britain, through its state media and covert bot networks.Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
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Conservatives have had it in for Chevron deference for a long time; given their current majority on the court, the doctrine’s death has been a foregone conclusion, awaiting only the appearance of a suitable case to use as a bludgeon.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
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Pesticides can be valuable tools when used as scalpels, but when they are used as bludgeons, the evolution of resistance often undoes their efficacy.Frances Beinecke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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Elsewhere, there are clips of him watching his favorite soccer club Aston Villa with his dad Prince William and walking through the woods with a cricket bat.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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The poor bat’s squeals lingered with me through the night.Jack King, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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More importantly, Vance cast himself as an extraordinary exception to his fellow Appalachians, describing ’billies as encased in a toxic amber that kept them from improving their lot and left them embittered with a country that has moved on without them.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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Hip-Hop In 2013, the indie-rap lifers billy woods and Elucid joined forces to become Armand Hammer, a clear-eyed, thrilling guerrilla duo with a penchant for cutting through nonsense.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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