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Recent Examples of executioner
State law allows the executioner, a private citizen paid $150 for her services, to remain anonymous.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Craig Baxley, a former South Carolina executioner, also raised concerns about the design, warning that bullets could ricochet in the small, brick-walled chamber.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
The painting, measuring six feet in width and featuring as its central subject a midcentury executioner’s chair, is estimated around $30 million.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Craig Baxley, a former South Carolina executioner, also raised concerns about the design, warning that bullets could ricochet in the small, brick-walled chamber.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
The painting, measuring six feet in width and featuring as its central subject a midcentury executioner’s chair, is estimated around $30 million.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executioner
Noun
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Released in the height of the true crime-craze, real-life murders and murderers were depicted, including Charles Manson and David Berkowitz.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
21 June 2025
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Tony Crane, who plays JJ’s estranged father/murderer Chandler Groff, and Cullen Moss, who plays Sheriff Victor Shoupe, have been upped to series regular for Season 5, TVLine has learned.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Alpha Slow Horse agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) unravels the connection between himself and the former CIA operative-turned-mercenary (Hugo Weaving) who’s raised an entire brood of psychopathic assassins.—
Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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Yvette Hoffman had thrown herself on their adult daughter, shielding her from the assassin’s bullets, CNN affiliate KARE reported, citing her nephew.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioner. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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