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Recent Examples of hangman
Then, while in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Dean and DeLuca Invitational in May 2016, the pair challenged each other to hangman on a hotel pad of paper.
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Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
By entering guilty pleas, Darrow didn’t have to persuade 12 jurors to spare his clients the hangman’s noose.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2024
But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Did Erik Menendez really play hangman with Leslie Abramson in court?
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
By entering guilty pleas, Darrow didn’t have to persuade 12 jurors to spare his clients the hangman’s noose.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2024
But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Did Erik Menendez really play hangman with Leslie Abramson in court?
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
Noun
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Sadly, both the XLR-V and STS-V would only last a single generation, meeting the executioner in 2009 as parent company GM struggled under the weight of the financial crisis and subsequent corporate restructuring.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
15 July 2025
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This mark signals that her would-be executioner is part of a cult.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.—
David A. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2012
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Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Based on true events, the Gorgona Island prison, 34 miles off the Pacific coast, was once one of the most brutal of tropical penitentiary for murderers, rapists and political prisoners, notorious for its use of torture.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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Adolescence has continued to wow audiences as the show’s 15-year-old star, Owen Cooper, has landed a 2025 Emmy nomination for his role of teen murderer Jamie Miller.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
Noun
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The person who settles your estate is called your successor trustee and will perform much the same duties as an executor.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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David Huddleston and one of his brothers were named executors to handle the estate in probate court, sparking a battle among the six siblings, according to attorneys.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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PlayStation 5 Games Deals The Assassin's Creed franchise has been a staple in gaming consoles for nearly 20 years now, and Shadows, the latest iteration, furthers that tradition with a game that puts players behind Naoe, a shinobi assassin, and Yasuke, a legendary samurai.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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The details of how these would-be assassins got so close are still shrouded in mystery.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 July 2025
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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