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Recent Examples of hangmanBy 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 The second story is about Eichmann’s prison guard, Haim (Yoav Levi), a Moroccan Jew who takes pains to make sure his charge is unharmed and delivered to the hangman’s noose in as good a shape as possible.—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 28 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for hangman
That doesn’t portray a hero, but rather someone so arrogant as to invent his own law and appoint himself its executioner.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
The executioner who initiates the flow of lethal chemicals into Tanzi's body then enters the room to begin the state's three-drug protocol — beginning with etomidate, an anesthetic, followed by rocuronium bromide, a paralytic, and potassium acetate, which will induce cardiac arrest.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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.
Released in the height of the true crime-craze, real-life murders and murderers were depicted, including Charles Manson and David Berkowitz.
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Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
21 June 2025
Tony Crane, who plays JJ’s estranged father/murderer Chandler Groff, and Cullen Moss, who plays Sheriff Victor Shoupe, have been upped to series regular for Season 5, TVLine has learned.
Landy became Wilson’s manager, formed a business interest with the musician to share in any profits from recordings, films and books and tried to become executor of Wilson’s estate.
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Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
His sister Jody is the executor of his estate and has been serving as owner of the NBA and NFL teams.
Alpha Slow Horse agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) unravels the connection between himself and the former CIA operative-turned-mercenary (Hugo Weaving) who’s raised an entire brood of psychopathic assassins.
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Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
Carey plays the role of the relentless assassin well.
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