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also euthanatizing
as in assassinating
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When Oswald is moments away from assassinating JFK, Jake intervenes and fatally shoots Oswald, stopping the assassination from happening.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026 -
Another 33 hours passed before law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, the defendant now facing a possible death sentence if found guilty by a jury in Utah for allegedly assassinating Kirk.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Dec. 2025
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In recent days, Iran had raised the prospect of executing Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, 26, who was detained less than a week ago, according to a family member and the State Department.—
Aida Karimi,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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David Aaron, a former prosecutor at the Justice Department's National Security Division who previously handled media leak investigations, said executing a search warrant at a journalist's home is uncommon, but not prohibited by law, either.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, is terminating its lease agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, which had been renting office space from the county, an official said Tuesday.—
Ross DiMattei,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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This includes terminating the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, and taking down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters tracker (which has since been relaunched by the nonprofit Climate Central).—
Kyla Mandel,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred, in incidents inspired by her opposition to the Muslim practice of slaughtering sheep during annual religious holidays.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2025
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The pearl-clutchers are stuck in the past, blubbering over things like the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War or the Waffen-SS slaughtering 84 American soldiers captured in Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge.—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
7 Dec. 2025
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But there also was the reality of the Thunder basically playing with their food for two-plus quarters before putting down the hammer.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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My father, Jim, still in Liverpool, had taught me many things, especially how to garden and love music, but putting down a cement floor was not one of them.—
Ray Rahman,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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Talking about potential attacks, martyring themselves for ISIS.—
David J. Lopez,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The film takes place almost entirely in one location, a jury deliberation room, where 12 jurors must decide on a verdict in a case involving an 18-year-old accused of murdering his father.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Jan. 2026
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Hedquist was convicted in 1995 of murdering 19-year-old Nikki Thrasher.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Euthanizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/euthanizing. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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