as in to decapitate
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Lynne Ladner, the town manager of Ocean Ridge, told CBS affiliate WPEC that the man was pulled into the wood chipper up to his shoulders and was decapitated.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2025 -
She was born in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of a man with schizophrenia who, in 1983, decapitated a 76-year-old woman.—
Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Aaron Esposito Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of CEO Jeff Bezos, also plans to head to space on the New Shepard mission.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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That some of the nation’s top health officials have decided to head for the exit may only make matters worse.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Not all hollies tolerate such severe pruning well, so make sure to check if your type of holly can be pruned this way before attempting it.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2025
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Mature shrubs that have not been severely pruned will often bloom in February.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
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Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
17 Aug. 2024
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The Trump administration's cuts to health research will shorten life expectancy and threaten the lives of all Americans, according to university union leaders and scientists.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Who Makes the Best of Things Image On Thursday, the United States was insisting that a standard-issue statement from the Group of 7 nations, drafted by Canada to mark the third anniversary of the invasion next Monday, should be drastically shortened.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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As long as there isn’t legislation making scalping impossible, and there remains a huge gulf between what artists are charging and what people are willing to pay, resellers are going to be very motivated to ruin the concert ticket-buying experience.—
Whizy Kim,
Vox,
12 Feb. 2025
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Dane DeHaan gives good crazy eyes as Jacob Pratt, who is nearly scalped by fellow members of his faith during the Mountain Meadows Massacre and then unknowingly joins his attackers to find his missing wife Abish, who has been taken in by Wolf Clan leader Red Feather (Derek Hinkey).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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Also different in 2025, five broad categories were trimmed to three.—
David Spiegel,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, superhero cinema seems to be trimming a lot of the fat that’s contributed to the genre’s loss of gloss from its heady days of late-2010s.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Decollate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decollate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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