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Recent Examples of walking stick
His friend Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov urges him to compose, using a walking stick to tickle him awake.
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
More recently he has been seen with a walking stick and sometimes uses a wheelchair.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
During these remarks, a television camera briefly focused on Pelosi, who slowly moved her head from side-to-side while appearing crestfallen and holding a walking stick.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
The Iron Man, for example, crafts a sturdy walking stick for the Scarecrow and, when the Scarecrow is stranded in the water during a perilous river crossing, Elli and the others refuse to leave him behind.
—Christin Bohnke, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
More recently he has been seen with a walking stick and sometimes uses a wheelchair.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
During these remarks, a television camera briefly focused on Pelosi, who slowly moved her head from side-to-side while appearing crestfallen and holding a walking stick.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
The Iron Man, for example, crafts a sturdy walking stick for the Scarecrow and, when the Scarecrow is stranded in the water during a perilous river crossing, Elli and the others refuse to leave him behind.
—Christin Bohnke, JSTOR Daily, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walking stick
Noun
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These included his miter and crozier, a pouch of commemorative coins, an official papal document known as the Rogito, a rosary and his fisherman's ring.—
Bethany Braun-Silva,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Dozens of bishops gathered outside, their white robes whipping in the wind as Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich struck the closed cathedral doors with his crozier, an ornate staff, to officially mark the cathedral’s reopening.—
Joshua Berlinger,
CNN,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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During the exercises, a half-naked soldier was seen smashing a stone placed on a fellow soldier's back with a hammer.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Police said that John had been poisoned with prescription medication and Lois had been struck with a hammer and fatally stabbed in June 2019.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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World & Nation Notre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s ‘heart’ in 5 years Dec. 6, 2024 The ceremony began with Ulrich symbolically reopening Notre Dame’s grand wooden doors, tapping them three times with his fire-scarred crosier.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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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
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The vast majority of horses appeared to have been buried without much added effort, but one horse was buried with two jugs and an oil lamp in the crook of its leg, officials said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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Trump pardons a bunch of white-collar crooks President Trump on Friday pardoned two startup founders convicted of investor fraud, and three crypto exchange co-founders who had plead guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.—
Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
3 Nov. 2024
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Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2024
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Opponents of the bill argue that in their quest for affordability, supporters have either picked the wrong villain — or, at the very least, approached the problem with a sledgehammer when what’s needed is a scalpel.—
Ben Christopher,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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In a matter of weeks, the Administration effectively took a sledgehammer to the agency, crippling its life-saving work, leaving thousands of Americans unemployed, and millions around the world who depend on American generosity struggling for survival.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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These trees should be pruned only during winter dormancy, when the sap-feeding beetles that spread Dutch elm disease are inactive.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Whether the knowledge comes from humans or beetles, the AGI wouldn’t especially care.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Walking stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walking%20stick. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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