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Recent Examples of firing squad
The order paves the way for South Carolina to carry out the firing squad execution as scheduled at 6 p.m. EST Friday, unless Sigmon receives a last-minute reprieve from Gov. Henry McMaster (R), who signed the law allowing for firing squad to again become a method of execution.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Now more than 20 years later, Mahdi is set to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Remembering Molly Elliott, killed by Louisiana Death Row inmate Their killer is facing execution by firing squad.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
In 1938, officials performed an electrocardiogram on a Utah inmate who was put to death by firing squad.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Now more than 20 years later, Mahdi is set to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Remembering Molly Elliott, killed by Louisiana Death Row inmate Their killer is facing execution by firing squad.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
In 1938, officials performed an electrocardiogram on a Utah inmate who was put to death by firing squad.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
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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
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Belle Isle police officer Jacob Tapia was injured on April 3 after Paula Hernandez Lazaro crashed into his patrol vehicle after failing to yield while making a left turn.—
Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Word of the decision comes as Probation Commissioner Juanita Holmes is facing union criticism for replacing officers’ shields with a new design that mimics those worn by NYPD patrol officers.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Several picket signs were decorated with messaging against Musk and President Donald Trump.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2025
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Tuesday’s demonstration served as a precursor to an informational picket scheduled for Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. outside the California Department of Human Resources.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Mar. 2025
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Few, however, deliver on that promise quite as literally as the new Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, the brand's second outpost in the Chinese capital.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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But the inclusion of these uninhabited volcanic outposts raised eyebrows.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to the shelter of their beds.—
Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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Many of them have been living and working in South Florida after being sponsored by relatives to come to the United States to apply for asylum or other protections instead of trying to get in through the U.S.-Mexico border, where a migrant crisis erupted during the Biden administration’s watch.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Under Griffin’s watch, the Pelicans acquired Trey Murphy in the first round of the 2021 NBA Draft and followed that up by using first-round picks on Dyson Daniels in 2022, Jordan Hawkins in 2023 and Yves Missi in 2024.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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