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knobkerries

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plural of knobkerrie

as in billy clubs

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After about a minute and half, Mauldin said, police began to attack the demonstrators with billy clubs.

— Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025

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When words lose their original meanings and are repurposed as verbal cudgels, the public sphere becomes a jungle of denunciation, intimidation, and even violence.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
While the conservative pushback and Trump’s cudgels are encouraging some companies to abandon formal DEI policies, analysts say an emphasis on diversity continues and is quietly evolving beneath the surface.

— William Becker, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025

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Pruning In winter, when canes are done producing fruit for the season, prune the canes that bore fruit down to the base of the plant so new ones will grow in the spring.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026
Sales of Cardinal’s consumer healthcare products, such as crutches, canes and its Leader brand of cough drops and other over-the-counter medications, are also reported here.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

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What would have once required three robots engineered separately for monitoring a creek, pond, and lake can now theoretically be produced from a single design, simply by thickening rods.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Dad didn’t buy it at Walmart or Bass Pro alongside camouflage galoshes and fly-fishing rods.

— Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rods

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Larger, older cities toward the core of the Phoenix metro tend to have more taxpayers, deeper pockets, larger staffs and a long history of securing access to different sources of water.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
The parliamentarian’s office advises legislators and their staffs, committees, and each chamber’s presiding officer on legislative procedure and precedent.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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