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beatings
Noun
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But after a special prosecutor investigated beatings at the hands of Chicago police, the Illinois Appellate Court ordered a hearing on Wrice’s torture claim.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026 -
School desegregation, voting rights and public-accommodation battles – especially across the South – had led to shootings and beatings of African Americans by white counterprotesters and police.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Pastings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastings. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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