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Recent Examples of mace
For example, citrus and fruit are big in the summer, spices like clove and cinnamon predominate in the fall, and cranberry and mace take center stage in the winter, Warrener says.
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 27 Jan. 2025
Investigators later found mace and a gun in her vehicle.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Barry’s Anthony Corrigan will play true weirdo Metamorpho, Isabela Merced will take up Hawkgirl’s mace, and Edi Gathegi will play Mister Terrific.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Players will use it to deflect projectiles, stun enemies, and then choose between an iron flail, an electrifying gauntlet, or a spiked mace to get up close and personal with demons.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 27 Jan. 2025
Investigators later found mace and a gun in her vehicle.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Barry’s Anthony Corrigan will play true weirdo Metamorpho, Isabela Merced will take up Hawkgirl’s mace, and Edi Gathegi will play Mister Terrific.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Players will use it to deflect projectiles, stun enemies, and then choose between an iron flail, an electrifying gauntlet, or a spiked mace to get up close and personal with demons.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
Noun
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Cut Stems Back Using your bypass pruners, cut live canes back to 12 inches tall.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2025
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Green, who is Black, regularly uses a cane to walk around the Capitol and has done so for years.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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There would be fire hoses and spitting dogs and police nightsticks to contend with.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Continue reading … 'JUST IN DISBELIEF' – High school track star bashed in head by opponent with baton.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The teen’s perspective comes five days after the 4×200 meter relay at a state indoor championship at Liberty University, during which Everett was seen striking her opponent, Kaelen Tucker, with a baton, according to local news outlet WSLS 10.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
2 Mar. 2025
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There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Asked about the Trump regime’s use of funding as a cudgel Friday, Hochul brushed it off.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Impeachment must be reserved for cases involving serious misconduct or corruption, not trotted out as a cudgel to threaten federal jurists for doing their jobs.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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Peace in Ukraine and the Middle East is proving to be far harder to achieve than the real estate deals envisaged by the president, while the bludgeon of tariffs is raising ever more opposition among erstwhile allies.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Mishra then abruptly juxtaposes a scene from Gaza, flush with heavy-handed language that bludgeons home his comparison.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Connor and Georgie found commonalities off the bat, from both being the eldest in their family to sharing a love for ducks.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But torpedo bats, designed by a physicist, are changing how baseball is played.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Apr. 2025
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The rapper-producer enlisted Armand Hammer’s billy woods and Elucid, Open Mike Eagle, Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, and Hanni El Khatib for Black Hole Superette.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2025
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Soothe your anxiety over murmurs of Radiohead activity by plunging into electronic veteran Mark Pritchard’s new full-length with Thom Yorke; ramp that anxiety up again with a sinister sci-fi concept album from the unstoppable billy woods.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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