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Recent Examples of pikestaffIf the garden was a desert, the house was as plain as pikestaff.—Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023 Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike.—Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
The Kansas City native excelled in high school track and field as a shot putter, and threw the discus and javelin.
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Bruce Feldman,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
With all of this going on in the house, why, oh why would Jesse Solomon (always both names) hurl himself at Lexi with the velocity of a gold medal javelin throw?
But every individual had suffered some sort of devastating injury—like wounds made by swords, lances, daggers and iron bolts.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
When guarding a monster's attack with a lance using Power Guard under certain conditions, the weapon flashes in red but the effect is not activated
When using a mantle, a Weapon Equipment Skill may mistakenly be activated.
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