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Recent Examples of hangman
At the end of long days, Banjo would bring his kids to the office, and the group — Kotwica, Banjo and the kids — would play games of hangman on the greaseboard.
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Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
The nursery consists of coral fragments that dangle from hangman structures that the Coral Restoration Foundation put 30 feet under the surface.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it.
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Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Middle East historian Ervand Abrahamian detailed in his 1999 book Tortured Confessions that the committee refused to use a firing squad because of the noise, even when the hangmen complained of the grueling labor involved in hanging so many.
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Kasra Naji,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Aug. 2016
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Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
The nursery consists of coral fragments that dangle from hangman structures that the Coral Restoration Foundation put 30 feet under the surface.
—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it.
—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Middle East historian Ervand Abrahamian detailed in his 1999 book Tortured Confessions that the committee refused to use a firing squad because of the noise, even when the hangmen complained of the grueling labor involved in hanging so many.
—
Kasra Naji,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Aug. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
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In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
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Under the method, executioners strap an inmate to a gurney with chest and shoulder harnesses and attach a mask to his face.
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Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.
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Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!
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There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers.
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It was censored in France, and later linked to a real-life murderer.
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During probate, the estate's executor identifies assets, notifies creditors, pays valid claims and distributes any remaining property to heirs.
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The digital replication right does not expire at a person’s death, and can be transferred and licensed by heirs, executors and others.
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As a pirate assassin and post-apocalyptic warrior, Krem of the Yellow Hills connects with Aries.
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The report’s key finding was that an odd, angry, 24-year-old assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone, for reasons nobody could quite figure out.
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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