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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
Noun
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One of the film’s episodes depicts a day in the life of an executioner.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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As many as a hundred and fifty thousand people disappeared, and presumably died at the hands of Assad’s torturers and executioners.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Right Now The first reveal comes when Ally and Jay decide to fight Heart Eyes rather than flee when the masked murderer is killing people left and right at a drive-in movie theater.—
James Grebey,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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A bit of detective work ascertained its surprising provenance: The crate was an unsolicited donation from eccentric wrestling fanatic and convicted murderer John du Pont, an heir to the chemical company fortune who had attended UM decades earlier.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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According to the Times, the new executors objected to the film after seeing a cut.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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An honor in Hialeah For Omer Pardillo Cid, executor of the Celia Cruz Estate and director of the Celia Cruz Foundation, the idea of linking the three centennials was truly inspiring.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The pint-sized assassin pulls a gun out of her fuzzy heart throw pillow and gets to work.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Assassin's Creed Shadows continues the everlasting war between noble assassins and shifty templars.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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