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Recent Examples of hangman
Schools in the power conferences might dodge the Olympic sports hangman.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
From the fabulous Hiromi to a dark stage comedy about hangmen to a breathtaking exhibit about migration, there’s a lot to see and do this weekend.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
But, unfortunately for those involved, there really was a murder during the cold 1899 winter at Lituya Bay and, ultimately, a hangman’s rope for the murderer.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
The scene is England’s North in the mid-1960s and the action — inspired by the abolishment of hanging for capital crimes — takes place principally in the Lancashire pub of Alice (Tracie Bennett) and Harry (David Threlfall), the latter compelled to retire from his job as the last English hangman.
—Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
From the fabulous Hiromi to a dark stage comedy about hangmen to a breathtaking exhibit about migration, there’s a lot to see and do this weekend.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
But, unfortunately for those involved, there really was a murder during the cold 1899 winter at Lituya Bay and, ultimately, a hangman’s rope for the murderer.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
The scene is England’s North in the mid-1960s and the action — inspired by the abolishment of hanging for capital crimes — takes place principally in the Lancashire pub of Alice (Tracie Bennett) and Harry (David Threlfall), the latter compelled to retire from his job as the last English hangman.
—Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Blue Eye Samurai owes a debt to countless stories of wandering warriors, among them Lone Wolf and Cub, in which a shōgun’s executioner turned outcast wanders the countryside with his toddler son (and a baby cart rigged with weapons).Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
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Iran, one of the world’s top executioners, typically hangs condemned prisoners before sunrise.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.David A. Bell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012
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Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2021
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Movie gods, hear our prayer: may cinematic murderers never remember to shut their blinds, amen.Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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More to Read For Subscribers A child’s murderer could be freed.Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Elvis’ will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, as the executor and trustee of his estate.Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2024
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And its existence as a finished, bound, actually readable object is thanks largely to years of efforts by Harlan’s friend, partner in crime and the executor of his estate, J. Michael Straczynski.Jason Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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Harris' lead is driven by older women voters and women independents. Nov. 3: Trump escalates violent rhetoric, suggesting at a Pennsylvania rally that an assassin would have to shoot through the news media to hit him.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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And during this year’s election, the FBI foiled a plot by Iran to pay an assassin $1 million to kill Donald Trump.Brian Bennett, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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