A few years ago, at the height of Gareth Bale’s cold war with Real Madrid, someone with a connection to the club and an ax to grind suggested that the Welshman had never really tried to establish a bond with his teammates.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/sports/soccer/juventus-napoli.html

Complicating matters is that two of the largest pots of federal dollars, Social Security and Medicare benefits, would be spared the ax, leading to bigger cuts across every other program.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/01/09/mccarthy-concessions-raise-stakes-on-budget-debt-limit/

Jinger Duggar Vuolo thanks TLC after ‘Counting On’ gets the ax.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-05-30/shiny-happy-people-duggar-family-highlights-amazon-studios

She has killed her husband with an ax.

Source: https://collider.com/shocking-movie-endings-no-one-saw-coming/

Some annuals like cosmos, sweet Williams, marigolds, zinnias, sunflowers, calendulas and coreopsis are so sturdy that you can’t keep them from growing and you can’t even kill them with a meat ax once they take root.

Source: https://theava.com/archives/221424

The Annihilator left his eight victims unrecognizable with multiple hacks from an ax.

Source: https://kfyo.com/ixp/157/p/annihilator-the-texas-serial-slayer-who-may-have-been-jack-the-ripper/

The Chelsea Peretti character may have gotten the ax, but the comedian/actress has gotten along fine since then.

Source: https://screenrant.com/brooklyn-99-show-gina-chelsea-peretti-exit-reason/