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as in to butcher
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The report found that a gang leader had ordered his men to round up residents and butcher them with machetes before burning their bodies and throwing them into the sea.—
David C. Adams,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024 -
According to the study, these tools were likely used to clean and butcher animals more efficiently.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Southwest flight was just inches from the ground when the pilots throttled up and climbed skyward to avoid the business jet.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The most recent occurrence came in November 2021, when No. 1 Gonzaga throttled No. 2 UCLA by 20 points.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Trump could attempt to cut down the sometimes interminable permitting process for the transmission lines that carry that electricity to data centers.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Reducing these avoidable medical crises would dramatically cut down on the need for costly treatments, emergency room visits and hospital admissions.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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But Europe does not have the military capability, unity, or political will to provide such backing without the U.S. Zelensky, misled by these empty promises, risks holding out for European support that will never come, wasting valuable time that could be spent on real negotiations.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Coaches and consultants waste hours working on their social media content, looking for nuggets of wisdom to share.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But, just like peanut butter—which is considered healthy for infants—Levinson says that cold, firm chunks or thick globs of butter may pose a choking hazard.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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Lawmakers need to get it together soon, or the economy will go from gagging to choking.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Even though Love finished the race in a better position at sixth, the two weren't happy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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My personal favorite scotch right now is a distillery edition of Lagavulin 16 that was finished in mezcal casks.—
Emily Price,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.—
Ryan Cooper,
The Week,
29 Oct. 2021
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Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.—
Adam Wilson,
Harper's magazine,
16 Sep. 2019
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That’s because despite Casey Anthony being found not guilty in 2011 of allegedly murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, conventional wisdom holds that she almost certainly was involved in Caylee’s disappearance and death.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
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Riley, 22, was murdered by an undocumented immigrant.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Scrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrag. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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