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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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The suit alleges the assailants also grabbed Escobedo from behind twice and choked him unconscious in a manner that could have killed him.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Officers wrote Russell punched, dragged, choked, beat her.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Nova — who was working a second job as a delivery driver to provide for his family — had a little more than $100 on him when he was robbed and butchered.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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And so the buffalo were butchered and sold for their tongues and hides, and their bones were ground and used for fine china.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 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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After kidnapping the child, Horner strangled Athena and dumped her body in the Trinity River in rural Wise County.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lisbet Fariñas testified during the Spencer hearing of Rafael Andres, 61, who in 2005 beat, stabbed and strangled her sister, Yvette Fariñas.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 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 15 Apr. 2026.
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