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Recent Examples of firing squad
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
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CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Stein, who formerly served as North Carolina’s attorney general, also raised concerns about the bill’s attempt to open the door to firing squad executions in lieu of the state’s inability to obtain the necessary drugs for lethal injections.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
Before Honie, the most recent execution was by firing squad against Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Utah has not carried out an execution by firing squad since the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Stein, who formerly served as North Carolina’s attorney general, also raised concerns about the bill’s attempt to open the door to firing squad executions in lieu of the state’s inability to obtain the necessary drugs for lethal injections.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
Before Honie, the most recent execution was by firing squad against Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Utah has not carried out an execution by firing squad since the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 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
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Because the crash happened not far from one of the department’s precincts, officers on routine patrol were able to get to the scene almost immediately, Chatham County police said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tuesday night, the deputy was responding to a call for service when a tree fell onto the patrol vehicle.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The picket came after three weeks of rolling 24-hour contract extensions.—
Jacob Sarracino,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The informational picket out front of BP Whiting Refinery on Indianapolis Boulevard wasn’t even the 11-year-old’s first time joining the fight for a fair living.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Under Mariano Rubinacci’s lead, the tailoring house rebranded as Rubinacci in 1963 and opened an outpost on Milan’s Via Montenapoleone in 1974.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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These are Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, which has outposts in Abidjan, Dakar, and Paris; Madrid’s Galería Guillermo de Osma; Paris’s Galerie Kaléidoscope; Milan’s ML Fine Art; and Tokyo’s Kotaro Nukaga.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
19 Feb. 2026
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Rivian’s unique styling and inventive features like Kick Turn, the hoot owl and Gear Guardian, Rivian’s virtual sentry, add quirky appeal.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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Kochab is the brighter of the two outer stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper (the other being Pherkad), which seem to march in a circle like sentries around Polaris, the North Star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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Seventy-six signings have been made on Parkinson’s watch.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Fresno has been issued a freeze watch.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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