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as in to butcher
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Heavy snow, extreme winds and rough seas kept the whales from being butchered in a timely fashion.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026 -
This is the second time his beloved arid succulent has been butchered, with the first incident taking place in 2022.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Heavy industrial water use—such as by data centers—should be throttled through taxation to fund desalinated water for refilling depleted aquifers.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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This effort to throttle transparency of a project that is already the subject of international derision is incomprehensible as well as offensive to the public’s right to know.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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Algae blooms choke our waterways.—
Yoca Arditi-Rocha,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Their inclusion on the recent flight comes as the United States chokes the nation’s oil supplies in a bid for negotiations that could end up in regime change, sparking questions about whether Cuba will take more deportations to ease the political and economic pressure.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Don’t diminish your life savings or waste even more money on an exorbitant amount of rent, and buy this affordable tiny home today.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
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Use a Two-Basin Wash and Rinse Method To keep utility costs under control and reduce the amount of water wasted, use a two-basin method when hand-washing dishes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
21 Feb. 2026
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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
Verb
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Jordyn Brooks finished first in the long jump (17 feet, 11¾ inches).—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Long story short, a teenaged Bolles was on a grueling mountain hike with his troop, and his elders challenged him to finish the darn thing.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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She had been dragged down an alley to a secluded area near an apartment building and behind a fence, where she was raped and strangled, according to authorities.—
Maria Aguilar Prieto,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cuba says Trump is creating a dangerous precedent of using tariffs to strangle and starve individual nations.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Their 32-year-old son, Nick, was arrested the following night and charged with murdering his parents.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Investigators determined he was murdered, according to police.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Scrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrag. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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