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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
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
Our staff plays hangman to pass some time.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
They got engaged in May 2016 After two years of dating, Adam proposed to Jessica during a game of hangman.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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
Our staff plays hangman to pass some time.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
They got engaged in May 2016 After two years of dating, Adam proposed to Jessica during a game of hangman.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
Noun
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At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The regime executed 975 people last year—making Iran the world's top per capita executioner.—
Tom Ridge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
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Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger claimed in court documents that he was diagnosed with four mental health disorders in the months leading up to his guilty plea in the killings of four University of Idaho students.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing here that indicates, as the late Professor Harbage has well said, that in order to be king hereafter Macbeth must be murderer first.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 2022, Epstein’s executors also agreed to pay $105 million to settle a civil case brought by the USVI’s attorney general.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jaafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, stars in the film as the singer, and the film is co-produced by John Branca and John McClain, co-executors of the Jackson estate.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With the help of an unpredictable assassin named Louie (Butler, who also plays the Pope), the pair embark on a dark and murderous journey to steal and authenticate the priceless work.—
Nada Aboul Kheir,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The two Kill Bill films, while still about crime and criminals and ninja assassins, set themselves apart from his earlier works.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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