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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guillotine
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The group headed to Loyola University’s aquatic center, where they were joined by one of Phelps’ sons, Beckett, along with children from the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore learning to swim.—
Sophie Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025 -
The ruling comes on the heels of a substantively similar one by the Supreme Court of Nevada on Monday that, for now, keeps former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden’s case against the league and Goodell out of an arbitration.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Chillingly, they were sometimes made double-sided, for greater efficiency—the better to behead two people at a time.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
31 July 2025
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In February, Newsweek reported on how the ADF is believed to have beheaded 70 Christians in a church in the province of North Kivu.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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Becoming battle-tested sharpened their combat abilities; Pusha T learned how to skillfully decapitate rappers, while Malice’s God-fearing ways served as his sole compass in the fog of war.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
21 July 2025
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President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate...—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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