Burton Richter

While a lab director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community. I learned this early in my career while I was leading the construction of the SPEAR facility.

American Scientist

Hayley Mills

If ever I feel I might be able to tackle it, I'd love to try holding a spear or something in the theater, or opening a door, or anything, just to try it, you know, because it must be some marvelous magic thing.

British Actress

Rick Danko

Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns.

Canadian Musician

Kelsey Grammer

I remember the defining moment when I first realised I was famous. I was in Africa staying in the little tent city there by the Masai Mara River. Two guys with spears looked at me and said, 'Frasier?

American Actor

Herb Brooks

If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment.

American Coach

Goldust

If anything, I was the definite edge of the spear into The Attitude Era, I believe, so it was way before its time, the stuff I was doing, and it kind of set the tone for what was to come.

American Wrestler

Ferdowsi

Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.

Poet

Ingmar Bergman

I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.

Swedish Director

Johnny Isakson

You ought to dialogue first before you start throwing spears. And I think the U.N. provides an opportunity for dialogue.

American Politician

Tad Williams

American Writer

A spear is primarily considered a historical or tribal weapon.

Combat Weapon

Unlike 'knife' or 'fork', 'spear' isn't commonly used in daily, modern settings.

Not for Daily Use

A spear can symbolize ancient warfare or traditional hunting methods.

Historical Symbol

When 'spear' is used as a verb, it literally means to poke or stab.

Literal Action

Figuratively, 'spear' can mean to tackle an issue directly and decisively.

Figurative Use

As a verb, 'spear' often has an aggressive or intense tone.

Aggressive Connotation

The word can mean the edible part of certain vegetables.

Vegetable Parts

This definition of 'spear' is mostly used in cooking or food contexts.

Cooking Context

Spears of vegetables are often associated with healthy eating.

Health Imagery

 the captain readily agreed. The adventure would be his last. Overconfident and severely outnumbered, Magellan's force was overwhelmed, and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue. Magellan's will specified that Enrique should be freed,

How Magellan circumnaviga...

 Now, I don't romanticize evolutionary time. I'm already beyond the lifespan of most hunter-gatherers, and the outcome of a mortal combat between me myopically stumbling around with a stone-tipped spear and an enraged giant aurochs isn't very hard to predict.

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 when we do that we saw that spear is not a snake by speed of the snake and we use to paint like this you can see here that is make health we use when you use this you are holding the energy of the snake in your body like this I'm use enough

Brazil’s indigenous...

 people say that I don't have the courage to do it I have and I will do it the men face the prospect of getting stung even before the ritual starts when they head off to capture the ants a stab from this predators abdominal spear is 30 times

Could You Pass the...

 their life he it's safe up north again and they go north murca was found in a thicket her mother dead with that spear in her head up to that hand and they thought this elephant is never going to be able to deal with humans again well

Michael Nichols:...

 best chance we have to mitigate some of the impacts of lionfish is to encourage fishery removals whether that's through recreational spear fishermen or whether that's through the development of a commercial line fish fishery whether

Divers Fight the...

 that could flex with the blows of sharp spears and maces, protecting warriors from even the fiercest physical attacks. These hardy structures were made not from iron or steel, but rather something unexpectedly cotton.

Why is cotton in...

 But most importantly, we call him an underdog because all he has is -- it's that Goliath is outfitted with all of this modern weaponry, this glittering coat of armor and a sword and a javelin and a spear,

The unheard story of...

 Quantum computers will break all of the encryption currently used to protect you and I from hackers. And they'll do it easily. Let me put it this if quantum computing was a spear, then modern encryption,

In the war for...

 separate them to drop the net yeah that's definitely him that's the one I can see the spear shaft oh man he's looking very lethargic and not really