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Noun
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Somewhere between good intentions and poor execution, things unraveled.—
Ashar Samdani,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025 -
After the 1979 Revolution, Iran’s theocracy expanded the gruesome compound, which includes gallows and an execution yard.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Noun
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To be fair, the effacement of character is itself one of Leitch’s dramatic points.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2024
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There are times in The Years when the betrayal and effacement of May compels Ernaux to say something similar.—
Tobi Haslett,
Harper's Magazine,
18 Sep. 2023
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Criticism over big business moves In the decades that followed, Ramaphosa went from a union leader to a corporate board member implicated in stoking the slaughter of striking workers.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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He was made to watch what Trump took to be evidence that the South African government was presiding over the slaughter of white Afrikaners.—
Jonny Steinberg,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Supporters cast Putin, who Russian pollsters say has approval ratings of above 85%, as a savior who pushed back against an arrogant West and put an end to the chaos which accompanied the 1991 disintegration of the Soviet Union.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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But to me, there’s forces of disintegration and integration at all times.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Breivik refers to Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a massacre in Norway in 2011 that targeted mostly teenagers at a camp.—
Evan Mealins,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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After the October 7 massacre, the Houthis in Yemen began attacking American naval vessels and conducting missile strikes on Israel in solidarity with Hamas.—
Daniel Byman,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Taken into custody following an assassination attempt on the Gotham mayor (Nestor Carbonell) during the funeral of Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb (Colin McFarlane), District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) threatens to shoot Schiff until Batman (Christian Bale) intervenes.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Nick Offerman's General Sydney also dies, uh, rather abruptly after saving President Sloane (Angela Bassett) from a situation-room assassination attempt.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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There were also signs of lung collapse and fluid buildup (edema).—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Meanwhile, rural hospitals — already on the brink of collapse — will close their doors, leaving entire communities without access to emergency care.—
Brian Castrucci,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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News of the killings shook the small southern Oklahoma community, KOCO reported at the time.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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The fatal attack was part of a wave of racially motivated killings during that era in the United States, especially in the south.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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“Dismantlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismantlement. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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