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Roughly half of all major-league players, including Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, swing ash bats, and Halem said that MLB would prefer its players use ash because maple bats can shatter and throw dagger-like shards into the field of play.

The Bugs Rescuing the Baseball Bats Mike Sielski 2011

When they performed "Crazy Girl," the electric guitars were very apparent, as they sliced through head-banging drum beats, while Dom's similarly sharp dagger-like voice cut a clear path straight through the music, wide enough for you to follow him through, and crisp enough for you to believe that this girl is ...

Alyssa Miele: Neon Indian, Miniature Tigers, Nite Jewel, the Dom and Prefuse 73 Rock Governor's Island Alyssa Miele 2010

She arranged her hair-her one real beauty-into a neat French braid, and set a pathetic little excuse for a hat squarely on the result, securing it with a dagger-like hatpin.

red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

A man with a dagger-like knife in his hand was approaching.

Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

I had come for something even more prehistoric: a six-foot-tall, 150-pound creature capable of easily slashing to death any enemy with a five-inch dagger-like claw on the inside of each three-toed foot.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

A man with a dagger-like knife in his hand was approaching.

Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

With their dagger-like claws and emaciated bodies, their clothes ripped to shreds.

Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010

And what Herb didn't cover with wit and charm, and often a dagger-like skewer, Pat Steger wrote about with elegance and civility, as his colleague and the long-time society editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Barry Salberg: Annika Sorenstam Debuts Signature Chardonnay at the Course at Wente Vineyards 2010

Wendigos were quick, flesh-eating zombies with long, dagger-like claws and emaciated bodies that belied their strength.

Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010

Some probably still bear the scars on their arms of my then-infamous dagger-like nails.

Meredith Lopez: An Open Letter To My Son 11 Years From Now 2009