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Recent Examples of executioner
Comments from officials have led to fears of some of those detained being put to death in Iran, one of the world’s top executioners.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Episode 3 ended with Ron, Eric Nam, Kristen Kish, and Caroline Stanbury all tied to trees and hilariously pleading for their lives while the Traitors and a masked executioner all just kind of stood there awkwardly.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Figures are unavailable for China, which keeps most executions secret but is widely believed to be the world’s leading executioner.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 2 Jan. 2026
When Netflix chooses to cover a case, its version may be the only one that survives in a court of public opinion where the service is judge, jury, and executioner.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Episode 3 ended with Ron, Eric Nam, Kristen Kish, and Caroline Stanbury all tied to trees and hilariously pleading for their lives while the Traitors and a masked executioner all just kind of stood there awkwardly.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Figures are unavailable for China, which keeps most executions secret but is widely believed to be the world’s leading executioner.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 2 Jan. 2026
When Netflix chooses to cover a case, its version may be the only one that survives in a court of public opinion where the service is judge, jury, and executioner.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executioner
Noun
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Erdrich cares for them all; her enormous heart has room for all aspects of creation, all creatures great and small, from the mother to the murderer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Over the years, Timothy Taylor NYC, which first opened in 2016 in Chelsea and later moved its operations to TriBeCa, has played host to shows for a murderer’s row of artists that includes Alex Katz, Marina Adams, Michel Pérez Pollo, Daniel Crews-Chubb, Chris Martin, and Armen Eloyan.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On paper, Gosling’s turn as a CIA operative named Six who is entrusted with protecting a tween girl from an unhinged assassin should be, if not amazing, at least watchable.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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McDonagh’s skill at crisp dialogue and character in his movies is evident in the opening scene for the teaser trailer where Chris boasts of his body count as an assassin worldwide, which has Lee warning against talk of killing people on an airplane.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioner. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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