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Recent Examples of firing squad
On this day in 1945: U.S. Army Pvt. Eddie Slovik was executed by a firing squad for desertion, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed in such a manner and the only soldier in World War II to receive such a punishment.
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Questions have also surfaced as states adopt execution methods like nitrogen gas and firing squads.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
He was sentenced to die by firing squad for his conviction in the abduction and killing of Maurine Hunsaker, a 26-year-old mother of three, near Salt Lake City in 1986.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Questions have also surfaced as states adopt execution methods like nitrogen gas and firing squads.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
He was sentenced to die by firing squad for his conviction in the abduction and killing of Maurine Hunsaker, a 26-year-old mother of three, near Salt Lake City in 1986.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
—CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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In drills, Taiwan has rehearsed repelling a seaborne assault with drones, fast patrol craft, mobile Hsiung Feng anti-ship missiles and Marine Corps teams.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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During the chase, a deputy got out of his patrol vehicle to try to deploy stop sticks in the truck's path, but the driver rammed the deputy's vehicle.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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With the rise of incel content and tradwife propaganda on social media networks, America may be more fixated on the picket-fence ideal than ever.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Some went to court to challenge government refusals to authorize pickets, while others scaled them back to smaller indoor gatherings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The immersive-entertainment company’s alien theme fits well within the surreal sculptures at its Denver outpost as designers and models take the stage at its Perplexiplex venue for a night of beautiful and bizarre creations.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The luxury hotel brand’s first outpost in Tokyo only opened in autumn 2025, but its faultlessly helpful staff seem to have already accrued a generation’s worth of Japanese hospitality.—
Stephen Kelly,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Police had taped off several square blocks around Sixth Street, while local police and federal authorities, including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents, were at the site, according to Austin police officers serving as sentries.—
Jack Myer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The watch is for Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Platte, Clay, Jackson, Atchison, Miami, Linn, Doniphan, Nodaway, Worth, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Holt, Andrew, De Kalb, Daviess, Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Ray and Cass counties.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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Cries from the group were heard over the sounds of the end-of-watch call booming through the park.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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