firing squads

plural of firing squad

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squads
Noun
  • Baristas at Starbucks cafes across the country are holding pickets this week as part of a collective push for a union contract, and Phoenix workers are joining in.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?
    Mike Snider, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But as watches shifted from necessities to collectibles, history became a focal point—providing bragging rights, narrative, and value marker.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Ohio weather watches and warnings Stay informed.
    Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The new work identifies a vast network of secondary roads linking villas, farms and military outposts.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Burns seems like someone who would fit in at Basgiath, or at one of the outposts on Navarre’s front lines.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The pair later designed pieces for various regiments of the Royal Guards, the sentries protecting Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace in London.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Reenactors portraying British sentries were bum-rushed by a swarm of whooping Green Mountain Boys.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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