as in to decapitate
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Her only ally is a mystical axe whose victims wind up as decapitated, talking heads.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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While Spencer finally boarded a train to head west, his wife Alex continued to face some truly perilous challenges on her own quest to get to Montana.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Purdue and Michigan kept the Big Ten perfect in the NCAA Tournament until Wisconsin and UCLA lost later games to drop the Big Ten to 10-2 SU and ATS heading into Sunday with Michigan State, Maryland, Illinois and Oregon trying to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Look for citrus varieties grafted onto dwarf or semi-dwarf root stock so the citrus tree stays small and doesn’t need to be pruned or re-potted as often.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the trim room, workers prune the buds of a new strain called Berry Payton.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2025
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Six weeks later, on July 28, Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Ward shortened his drop and threw a strike in the small sliver of space just before the hash mark.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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On March 7, a UK judge shortened the sentence of the group’s founder, Roger Hallam, for disrupting a traffic event after an appeal.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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He was paroled and worked as a delivery truck driver but was arrested several times for scalping tickets outside Yankee Stadium, records show.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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However, 29-year-old Matthew Short and Labuschagne revived the Aussies momentum with a 95-run partnership before Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone scalped two wickets during the middle overs, leaving Australia at 4-135.—
Paras J. Haji,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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One of those earlier safety campaigns, in June of last year, pertained to trim pieces along the exterior of the trunk bed that could come loose while driving.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Swiss National bank on Thursday trimmed its key interest rate by a further 25 basis points as the country’s economy grapples with depressed inflation.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Decollate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decollate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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