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decollating

verb

present participle of decollate

as in decapitating

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An Alabama man is accused of decapitating two family members with a chainsaw after a relative called 911 about his behavior.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors said boater Richard Stevenson, of Lisle, was intoxicated and traveling at about 80 mph in July on the river when his pontoon hit a boat carrying Magdalena Jablonska of Des Plaines, decapitating her, authorities said.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

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Gonzalez testified that even comments about beheading Black people were intended as jokes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
For example, Salvatore Ramos, who in 2022 killed 19 kids and 2 teachers in Uvalde Texas, boasted on line about torturing animals, even going so far as to share videos of himself beheading animals.

— Diana Urban, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

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States can help by pruning occupational licensing requirements and making credentials modular and stackable, so short qualifications add up into longer ones.

— Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
It’s been a dynamic year with a varied complexion of transactions, from mega-mergers to portfolio pruning through corporate divestitures.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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New restaurants are opening in the Sacramento region this fall, from a downtown Vietnamese kitchen to a Southern California coffee chain heading to Folsom.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
What’s happening Yardzen’s report flags the Party Patio as one of eight dominant directions heading into next year.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026

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Leaves are falling, days are shortening, and there’s a chill in the air.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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The younger Bolsonaro's other proposals include trimming the size of the Brazilian state to boost economic growth.

— Carrie Kahn, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
But new technologies are opening the door to transition a portion of the inputs from petrochemicals to plants, trimming the environmental impact of these fibers.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

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