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Recent Examples of firing squad
Idaho lawmakers passed legislation that will make firing squads the state's primary method of execution starting next year.
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CBS News, 22 May 2025
In the past, the country has carried out executions over drug charges via firing squad, the AP reported.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
The state’s switch to the firing squad takes effect in July 2026.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
The legislature also approved the firing squad as another execution method over difficulties obtaining the drugs.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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CBS News, 22 May 2025
In the past, the country has carried out executions over drug charges via firing squad, the AP reported.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
The state’s switch to the firing squad takes effect in July 2026.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
The legislature also approved the firing squad as another execution method over difficulties obtaining the drugs.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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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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The news release said detectives, patrol officers and a homeless outreach street team had helped identify and find Hensley.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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The injured patrol officer is 33 and a five-year veteran of the Chesterton Police.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The militancy of the B&N campaign, which involved actions including delegations, practice pickets, and a couple of walkouts, made conditions more favorable for other union campaigns to push back against their bosses.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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This is the second high-profile strike from IATSE in less than a week, following a picket in front of a Will Smith music video on May 23 in Los Angeles.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The United States has, this year, rapidly increased its air defenses in the region and relies on the air defense capabilities of some partner countries, but smaller U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Syria remain particularly vulnerable.—
Dana Stroul,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Thousands of U.S. service members are stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, the forward headquarters for U.S. Central Command and an important American military outpost on the Persian Gulf.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In early February, Olivier Giroud, the French striker who plays for Los Angeles FC, had his home targeted and $500,000 worth of jewelry and watches stolen, sources said.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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The limited series improved by about 11 percent over the 1.36 billion minutes of watch time for its premiere week.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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