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as in murdered
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as in throttled
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Most of Arminius’s family had been murdered by Spanish soldiers.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Casey Becker was one of the very first characters to be murdered by Ghostface in the 1996 horror film.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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Before traffic was effectively throttled in the Strait of Hormuz, the case for green hydrogen was harder to make.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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After a competitive first half, the Huskies throttled the Illini, 77-52.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The racket could be seen bending as Medvedev repeatedly whacked it on the clay court, as the crowd cheered with every strike.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Airline stocks are getting whacked this morning thanks to the oil price surge.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices are likely to remain well above their levels prior to the Iran war, the consequences of which have choked global supply for the foreseeable future.—
Mike Sheen,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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The woman, Lonna Drewes, said at a news conference yesterday that Swalwell drugged, raped and choked her in in a California hotel room.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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Using methods including high-resolution 3D scanning, researchers found that many of the 92 fragments bear cut marks on their inner surfaces, indicating that the turtles were carefully butchered by Neanderthals — with limbs detached, internal organs removed and shells thoroughly cleaned.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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As in the game where the loser’s season is finished, left to instead to stare for weeks at miniscule draft-lottery odds.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hoby Milner, Ben Brown (two innings) and Hunter Harvey finished the five-hitter.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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An autopsy found Green was likely beaten and strangled, though forensic analysts who reviewed the decades-old autopsy disagreed with whether that determination was conclusive.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors say Heuermann strangled her to death and left her remains there.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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These batteries contain substantial volumes of acid that are typically neutralized after lead recovery, creating additional waste.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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What to Know Turkey’s Defense Ministry said a ballistic missile determined to have been launched from Iran was detected entering or heading toward Turkish airspace and was neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean.—
Steve Mollman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Scragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragged. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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