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Recent Examples of hangman
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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That's not the executioner — that's me without a head.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 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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However, this theory was later debunked when Edgar Patino, a married man who had impregnated Touma, was found to be her murderer, according to authorities.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Marissa, who doesn't want to live happily ever after with a kidnapper, liar, and murderer, sure does.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If the tenant died without an executor, a personal or court-appointed representative will handle the estate.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Contact information for executor Include names, current addresses and Social Security numbers of all people named in the estate documents and contact information for your estate attorney and CPA.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Presidential assassins and all this dark stuff.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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