• A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is...
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    Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival...
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  • SPEAR (originally Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring, now simply a name)[a] was a collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It began...
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    A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl (pronounced /ˈætlætəl/ or /ˈɑːtlɑːtəl/; Nahuatl ahtlatl [ˈaʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ]) is a tool that uses leverage to...
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    Capability 3, or SPEAR 3 programme, from which the system also derives its name. The SPEAR family currently consists of two variants: SPEAR, a 100kg class...
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  • spear, speared, or spearmen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A spear is a pole weapon used for hunting and combat. Spear may also refer to: Spear (comics)...
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    qiāng; Jyutping: coeng1) is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern...
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    SIG MCX-SPEAR is a multi-caliber rifle developed by the American division of SIG Sauer from the SIG MCX series of carbines. The SIG MCX-SPEAR is primarily...
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    Holy Lance (redirect from Spear of Destiny)
    Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is alleged to be the lance that...
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  • Look up spearchucker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spear chucker or Spearchucker can refer to: An ethnic slur for people with African ancestry Spearchucker...
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  • The SPEAR System® (an acronym for Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response) is a close-quarter protection system that uses a person's reflex...
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  • Mónica Spear Mootz (1 October 1984 – 6 January 2014) was a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2004. She represented...
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    Phishing (redirect from Spear phishing)
    with spear phishing attacks on over 1,800 Google accounts, using the  accounts-google.com  domain to threaten targeted users. A study on spear phishing...
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    Sherman Bonner (December 16, 1921 – September 22, 2006), also known as Harry Spear, was an American child actor and vaudevillian. He was notable for appearing...
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  • A boar spear is a spear used for boar hunting. It is relatively short and heavy and has two "lugs" or "wings" on the spearsocket behind the blade, which...
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  • A spear tackle is an illegal tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football in which a player lifts another player into the air and...
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    known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the...
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    member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Spear is the son of the satirical artist and lecturer Ruskin Spear. After Spear dissolved his jazz band New Jungle...
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    The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is...
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  • Justice Spear may refer to: Albert Spear (1852–1929), chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Clay V. Spear (c. 1914–1974), associate justice...
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  • Thomas George Percival Spear OBE (1901–1982) was a British historian of modern South Asia, in particular of its colonial period. He taught at both Cambridge...
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  • Bernard Spear (11 September 1919 – 9 May 2003) was an English actor. Spear was born on 11 September 1919 in Croydon, Surrey, to a Polish-Jewish father...
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  • Spear & Jackson are a gardening and hand tool supplier headquartered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. In 1760, Alexander Spear and John Love formed...
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  • Spear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Spear (1852–1929), justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and President of the...
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  • Moncrieff Johnston Spear (September 24, 1921 – October 22, 2016) was an American diplomat. Spear was born in New York and attended Cornell University...
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  • End of the Spear is a 2005 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jim Hanon, written by Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan and Hanon, and stars...
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    Cape Spear (French: Cap d'Espoir) is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland near St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland...
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  • Senator Spear may refer to: Albert Spear (1852–1929), Maine State Senate Allan Spear (1937–2008), Minnesota State Senate Jae Spears (1923–2013), West...
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    Javelin throw (redirect from Spear throw)
    The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower...
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    A bear spear was a medieval type of spear used in hunting for bears and other large animals. The sharpened head of a bear spear was enlarged and usually...
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