axes
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Example Sentences
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In a field where buzzards were flying overhead, they used metal probes and pick axes and shovels in their search for remains.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
But there wasn’t much benefit in tracking sales of shovels, pick axes, and sifting pans in order to validate the bull case for the California Gold Rush.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
According to the authors, “HTS’s trajectory has revolved around two principal axes: an ideological realignment toward the center, and a Thermidorian shift” away from the revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
We fled late at night to stay at the house of a friend who lived nearby, returning the next morning for the included breakfast of Johnny Cakes shaped like axes.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
Stone axes would clear an acre and a half, a typical slash-and-burn plot, in the equivalent of 153 eight-hour days.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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