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as in murdered
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as in throttled
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Season 1 draws from Hillerman’s novel Listening Woman about two people who are murdered in front of a blind shaman.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025 -
In 2024, the BBC found several bots impersonating British teenagers Brianna Ghey, who was murdered in 2023, and Molly Russell, who died by suicide at 14 after viewing online material related to self-harm.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Argentine bonds were among the best performers in emerging markets last year but had been throttled by volatility amid the Buenos Aires results and US support package.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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What to Know Trump said Sunday that his administration would import beef from Argentina to help tackle persistently high prices as the supply is throttled by drought, a flesh-eating pest and other issues affecting cattle.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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If Matt had wrecked his bike, broken his collarbone, or been whacked by a car, the decision would be easy.—
Maggie Slepian,
Outside,
24 Oct. 2025
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Morales whacked the teen over the head with the rifle and didn’t give the boy his money back, Applegate said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
15 Oct. 2025
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At the time that the cut was identified, researchers proposed that the mark proved that First Peoples butchered ancient megafauna.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bad books have been made into great movies, and many great books have been butchered on the screen.—
Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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Leeds finished fourth in 1991, added to their squad and went on to win the title a year later.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Alker finished 12th in Little Rock but parlayed a tie for second place two weeks later at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship into his second Schwab Cup title in three years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, a vehicle breakdown on the westbound upper deck choked the morning commute into Marin.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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What’s more, opponents have neutralized his impact as a runner in recent weeks.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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But to the Rapids’ credit, both were relatively neutralized aside from Son’s stunner.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Detectives determined that Spillers had been strangled based on bruising that could be seen on her neck, detectives wrote in the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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The criticism even included attacks on her appearance and calls for her to be burned, raped or strangled.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Scragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragged. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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