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Recent Examples of stoning
Thompson returned the favor at the other end, stoning Sennecke off a two-on-one rush, but on the same shift Sennecke wouldn’t be denied again.
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoning
Verb
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Most major 2026 Democratic gubernatorial candidates are sharpening their anti-Trump rhetoric.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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This interesting New York Times piece hones in on a string of recent incidents that is sharpening questions about privacy and accountability in the age of chatbots and AI assistants.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Russia's war on Ukraine is a grinding war of attrition.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2026
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Reconstruction will be huge The grinding four-year war has devastated Ukraine, which even before the fighting was one of the poorest countries in Europe.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Stoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoning. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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