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Recent Examples of firing squad
Utah has not carried out an execution by firing squad since the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Robinson could seek a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, but if convicted and sentenced to death by a jury, he would be placed on death row ahead of his execution by lethal injection, or a firing squad if the necessary drugs aren't available.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Once aboard the main ship, they were welcomed with a firing squad pointing blasters at their heads.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Robinson could seek a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, but if convicted and sentenced to death by a jury, he would be placed on death row ahead of his execution by lethal injection, or a firing squad if the necessary drugs aren't available.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Once aboard the main ship, they were welcomed with a firing squad pointing blasters at their heads.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Sliwa, the colorful founder of the Guardian Angels crime patrol group, has steadfastly refused calls to drop out from both Cuomo and his supporters.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each extra patrol to that address was recorded in those 575 entries.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Folsom was once a bustling outpost where Gold Rush miners and merchants converged.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Until a few weeks ago, however, the Chiefs’ outpost inside SubTropolis flew largely under the radar, serving primarily as a depository for historical documents, films, trophies, uniforms and photos.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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Reenactors portraying British sentries were bum-rushed by a swarm of whooping Green Mountain Boys.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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But now, as California enters what is historically the most dangerous part of fire season — the end of summer before the first major rains — lone human sentries have largely given way to a new type of fire lookout on mountain tops: high-tech cameras.—
Paul Rogers,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this episode, Marshall sets back his watch anyway.—
Jenny Porter Tilley,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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The handsy thief also helped himself to the watch on my wrist.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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