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  • A dagger-shaped pendant of peridot on a golden chain gleamed between her breasts.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • They pass out souvenir pens from Bahrain, lapel pins from Kuwait, dagger-shaped bottles of perfume from Saudi Arabia.

    Now The Mideast Is 'Open For Business.' 2008

  • Has no one noticed that a crucifix...or even a plain cross...is dagger-shaped?

    Canadian Courthouse Excludes Sikh Witness Wearing Kirpan Howard M. Friedman 2008

  • Then, nearly 24 years later, cold case investigators took another look and they believed they found a match between a bloodstain at the crime scene on an altar cloth and a dagger-shaped letter opener that prosecutors alleged was the murder weapon and belonged to Father Robinson.

    CNN Transcript May 11, 2006 2006

  • They also tried to make a connection between forensic evidence and a dagger-shaped letter opener that prosecutors say is the murder weapon.

    CNN Transcript May 11, 2006 2006

  • Yorky slid to a halt, inches from a huge, dagger-shaped shard of glass.

    A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006

  • Yorky slid to a halt, inches from a huge, dagger-shaped shard of glass.

    A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006

  • It was reopened when investigators believe they found a match between a blood stain at the crime scene and a dagger-shaped letter opener belonging to Father Robinson.

    CNN Transcript May 11, 2006 2006

  • Yorky slid to a halt, inches from a huge, dagger-shaped shard of glass.

    A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006

  • OPPENHEIM: Prosecutors believe the weapon was a dagger-shaped letter opener, and say the priest has admitted it was his, but denies killing the nun.

    CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2006 2006

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