Almost all 2023 Bollywood hits were filled with anger and violence, and led by alpha male protagonists with rippling muscles and blazing guns brandished on screen as they went on a bone-crunching rampage to vanquish their enemies.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/29/bollywood-celebrates-rocking-year-riding-high-on-action-flicks-unbridled-masculinity-and-misogyny/

Carter said Blackwell brandished a gun and threatened to kill him if he told anyone.

Source: https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/11/29/in-the-us-black-survivors-are-nearly-invisible-in-the-catholic-clergy-sexual-abuse-crisis/

He also brandished a machete at a man and chased him down the street.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11965881/Brothers-handed-ASBOs-20-years-ago-jailed-attacking-strangers-sport.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

He brandished a handgun and opened gunfire shooting all three, before escaping on foot.

Source: http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20230106/two-killed-daylight-ambush

He brandished a knife and a baseball bat during two of these incidents.

Source: https://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/23893778.criminals-jailed-denbighshire-conwy-anglesey-gwynedd-last-month/?ref=rss

He had brandished the cypher at a public rally to back his claims.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/former-pak-pm-imran-khan-grilled-in-attock-jail-in-missing-cypher-case-reports-2678446/

He wore what resembled a Nazi SS officer costume which brandished a crossed hammer and mirrored an outfit worn by a neo-Nazi organisation in the 1982 film Pink Floyd: The Wall.

Source: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/lifestyle/roger-waters-manchester-labour-mp-calls-for-show-to-be-cancelled-4158779

"Just at that point, the store manager rushed down to the till area and the male brandished a knife at him, causing him to back off," said Mr Bashir.

Source: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/serial-robber-who-threatened-shop-8756236

Police said the suspect allegedly approached a couple who were returning home, brandished a knife and stole their vehicle.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9623669/purolator-truck-stolen-toronto/

Police say a man approached the window of a business on King St. West and brandished a gun before making off on foot with cash and cigarettes.

Source: https://www.chch.com/opp-search-for-man-after-overnight-robbery-in-hagersville/

Sawyn’s army of cloaked guards brandished the same moniker.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/fantasy-book-excerpt-romance-wolves-a-k-mulford-1850804596

The court heard the 41-year-old brandished the knife saying "they don't know who they are messing with" and "they don't know what I'm capable of".

Source: https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/23447257.see-dock-worcester-magistrates-court/?ref=rss

The story follows Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), a kamikaze pilot who lands on the army-occupied Odo Island to get his plane repaired, but when no mechanical faults are found, our “hero” is brandished a coward.

Source: https://www.heyuguys.com/godzilla-minus-one-review/

The young female who police allege brandished the knife was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, and breaching her bail conditions.

Source: https://canberraweekly.com.au/police-seek-witnesses-to-aggravated-robbery-near-glebe-park/

When busyness and productivity are brandished as badges of honor, it is daring to prioritize activities that result only in rest or relaxation or joy.

Source: https://time.com/6314076/case-for-mediocrity/