death's-head

Definition of death's-headnext

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Noun
  • The hiring at the assessor office takes about 44 days on average, according to some polls.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • Monday is the deadline for counties to mail out their ballots and with only about a month until the June primary election, polls show 26% of California voters have not yet decided who to vote for to be the next governor.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • But things spun out of his control when Tanaghrisson drove a hatchet into the French commander’s skull and his men began killing the wounded.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Amidst the drunk, half-naked and lascivious troupe, Father Vincent O’Keeffe, in his dark black suit and pasty bald pate, strikes an incongruous figure.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Crispy, golden bunuelos filled with mushroom pate.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The reason, an official with knowledge of the meeting plans said, is because King Charles is a head of state, rather than a head of government.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Matt Small, who is in his first season as Lincoln-Way Central’s head coach, was an assistant at Homewood-Flossmoor.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These three inevitabilities rattled and ricocheted around my cranium every Tuesday morning for the better part of two years.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But with only a partial cranium, there wasn’t much to go on.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Bote defeated Miami Immaculata-LaSalle junior Lorenzo Lopez 6-1, 6-2 for the overall singles crown and teamed with Wheat to win the overall doubles championship, 6-4, 6-1 over Naples Community School.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Reigning Premier League champions Liverpool have struggled mightily for most of this season and never looked likely to defend their crown.
    Steve Kornacki, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Justin Brazeau skated over to the Penguins captain and rubbed the back of his noggin for good measure.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That theory took a big blow to the noggin in March.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • However, she would instead be found dead four days later with three strikes on top of her scalp, according to authorities.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • In clinical settings, exosomes are injected into the scalp.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Death's-head.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%27s-head. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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