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as in to butcher
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Renowned American actor Kurt Russell spent part of his Fourth of July visiting the Arlington house where his eighth great-grandfather was butchered to death by British soldiers in a bloody battle that kicked off the Revolutionary War in 1775.—
Gayla Cawley,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025 -
Neanderthals made and used wooden spears, cared for their fellow community members, made sticky tar and other adhesives, and butchered massive elephants, among other feats.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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SpaceX can also throttle a Roam subscriber's access or impose extra fees if their Starlink dish is used in a highly congested area.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Volcker’s willingness to inflict pain on the economy to throttle inflation is seen by most economists as a key example of the value of an independent Fed.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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For example, a business might choose to cut down on flights by grouping client visits into one trip rather than going back and forth to the same area.—
Egor Karpovich,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Water heating is typically the second-highest use of energy in a home, so taking colder showers could help cut down your electric bill.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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Update your profile headline to include your target client Your LinkedIn headline is so important and most people waste on job titles.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Whole departments can get stuck defending past decisions because admitting a mistake feels worse than wasting more money.—
JJ Rosen,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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The District Attorney’s Office also said that in the year before her death, Brendan Doyle choked his mother in order to force her to write him two checks totaling $1,000.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Trying to dislodge it, the rostrum punched through the gills, impaling the animal, dragging it down and slowly choking it to death.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The updates — which are being completed by the National Park Service and funded by the Trust for the National Mall — are expected to be finished by mid-August 2025.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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The Tour de France finished up Stage 16 on Tuesday with Valentin Paret-Peintre etching his name into the Tour, scooping up a victory in an emotional sprint to the finish.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.—
Ryan Cooper,
The Week,
29 Oct. 2021
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Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.—
Adam Wilson,
Harper's magazine,
16 Sep. 2019
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Sade Robinson was reported missing before she was found murdered.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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At the second meeting, which occurred after Kaye and DeLuca were murdered, officers promised to increase patrolling in Encino-area neighborhoods. July 10, 4:10pm: A neighbor of Kaye and DeLuca called 911 after seeing someone climb the fence to gain access to the couple's property.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
26 July 2025
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“Scrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrag. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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