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as in murdered
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as in throttled
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In 2017, for instance, prosecutors in Contra Costa overcame an insanity defense by William Shultz, who murdered a 9-year-old Discovery Bay boy during a sleepover and blamed it on a delusion about an impending World War III.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
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Three women are murdered in Dahlonega, Georgia, and the six episodes are all about the search for the culprit.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Hoosiers — who, like Tech, lose their first-ever playoff game last season and might’ve been expected to fizzle — beat Ohio State in the Big 10 championship game to clinch the bracket’s top seed and throttled Alabama in the Rose Bowl to make the playoff committee look smart for the decision.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Putin's regime has banned Facebook and Instagram and severely throttled other platforms such as X, formerly Twitter.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
24 Dec. 2025
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Rasmus Dahlin and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen weren’t on the same page playing a puck behind the net, and Mavrik Bourque whacked a rebound in with Dahlin as the closest Sabre in coverage.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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The head-to-head results — SDSU smacked Fresno State, and FSU whacked Boise State — clearly indicate the Broncos are slotted in the right place.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Protesters have also been choked and strangled.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2026
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Once filled with fish and water birds, the waterway is now choked by algae and mud, according to Draeger.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Now sixty-five, Petro is a survivor of a brutal era in which the Colombian state assassinated leftist leaders and butchered their followers, in an effort to quell the country’s Marxist guerrilla forces.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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Because the puppies were found near a site where ancient humans had butchered woolly mammoths, researchers had wondered whether they might be domesticated dogs, as opposed to wolves.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Central Division rivals finished the four-game season series with each team winning twice in the other’s building.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Lancers finished 2 for 11 with the extra attacker.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Clancy allegedly strangled her three children and then tried to kill herself by jumping out a window in 2023, leaving her paralyzed from the sternum down.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Stefon Diggs allegedly strangled his female chef over money earlier this month.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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Behind that highly active pass rush, the Patriots secondary largely neutralized LA’s air attack despite playing parts of the game without starting cornerbacks Carlton Davis III (second-quarter toe injury) and Christian Gonzalez (fourth-quarter head injury).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Arnold set the tone for the second quarter with a steal-and-score in the opening seconds, and while UConn’s offense still hadn’t found its rhythm, the defensive effort neutralized any inefficiencies.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Scragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragged. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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