I'm A Killing Machine Used Again And Again; I Bend A Little, But Way Less Than My Friend; For Many Years I Was Number One

Riddle: I'm a killing machine used again and again; I bend a little, but way less than my friend; For many years I was number one, But I've been replaced by my modern son. What am I?

Answer: An arrow

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I'm a killing machine used again and again;
I bend a little, but way less than my friend;
For many years I was number one,
But I've been replaced by my modern son.
What am I? — I'm a killing machine used again and again; I bend a little, but way less than my friend; For many years I was number one by Morgan Foster v1.

Riddle: I'm a killing machine used again and again;
I bend a little, but way less than my friend;
For many years I was number one,
But I've been replaced by my modern son.
What am I? Answer: An arrow — by Morgan Foster v2.