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Recent Examples of hangmanThe 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 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 See All Example Sentences for hangman
The Owensboro news media and some white onlookers insist that when the lady sheriff didn’t show up to act as executioner, there was anger in the press’s unmet expectations, which then was taken out on the crowd, with the reporters lying about the audience’s unruly behavior.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.
That case went cold as the murderers were never caught.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
The place is the Savin Bar + Kitchen, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, where immediately inside the front door, patrons are greeted by a larger-than-life framed mugshot of Bulger — the mob-boss, murderer, bank robber, drug dealer and extortionist — peering cooly out from under his fedora.
Aryubi, who splits his time between Afghanistan and California, plays the role of would-be executor, while Jake Youngblood Dobbs, an American travel influencer who was on a tour with Raza at the time, is the ersatz victim whom Aryubi unveils.
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T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
The movie is produced by co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain, and stars Paris' cousin Jaafar Jackson, 29, as the late pop star.
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