21.   Smith meets the critics head-on, suggesting that Scott in particular might have an ax to grind because he tried to buy Out.

22.   They also want to tell you they have no ax to grind against the university.

23.   They had bronze axes, fine ceramics, alabaster and bone carvings and jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones.

24.   They have no ax to grind, only something progressive for the people.

25.   Though a former government insider, Alvarez is seen by some federal and industry experts as having an ax to grind.

26.   Unlike Hitchcock, Patterson left the Patriots on good terms and has no ax to grind.

27.   Was an impartial ref matched with one who had an ax to grind against your team?

28.   We had axes, we had huge pieces of steel rebar.

29.   We do not have an ax to grind.

30.   We may never know precisely what motivated the attack, but there is considerable evidence that he had an ax to grind where religion was concerned.