as in to decapitate
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Her only ally is a mystical axe whose victims wind up as decapitated, talking heads.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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But such requests would be handled by the federal Commerce Department, which is headed by Trump ally Howard Lutnick.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Pop into the National Museum of African American Music and the Ryman Auditorium before heading back to Bobby Nashville, where Backyard Sessions, a free summer rooftop music series, is the perfect way to wrap up your girls’ trip.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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Look for citrus varieties grafted onto dwarf or semi-dwarf root stock so the citrus tree stays small and doesn’t need to be pruned or re-potted as often.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the trim room, workers prune the buds of a new strain called Berry Payton.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2025
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Law stars as the Tudor King Henry VIII while Vikander plays Katharine, the sixth wife of the infamous historical figure who cast two of the wives out and beheaded two others, while another one of his wives died in childbirth.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Six weeks later, on July 28, Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ward shortened his drop and threw a strike in the small sliver of space just before the hash mark.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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On March 7, a UK judge shortened the sentence of the group’s founder, Roger Hallam, for disrupting a traffic event after an appeal.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The root issue in the Swift scandal was not only scalping, but capacity management and user verification, both of which fall outside the direct scope of the executive order.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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During that run, the band used a fan-to-fan ticket exchange to stop scalping and refused to use dynamic pricing models.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Paint the baseboards, crown molding, or trim around doors and windows.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2025
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Wiley’s running the numbers on possible price increases for essential construction materials and said tariffs could push up prices for forest products — including lumber, plywood, cabinets, wood doors and trim — by 10% to 15%.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Decollate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decollate. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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