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Recent Examples of rear guardAnd 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 Indeed, Dnipropetrovsk has been a key rear guard for the Ukrainian military and National Guard.—Taras Kuzio, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015 The capelin rear guard, sensing danger, rose off the bottom in a great fleeing cloud.—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 General Fran Sigel was assigned as rear guard for forces moving through town.—Randy McCrory, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023 By the 1990s, NHTSA had finally adopted a regulation requiring tougher rear guards.—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023 The beefier, more robust rear guards would’ve cost an additional $127 each, according to industry estimates.—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023 Striking then racing away as the Russian rear guard struggles to catch up.—David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2023 The rear guard ensures that nothing falls into that gap between your stove and the wall.—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
Little signed a bill into law last year to add a firing squad as the state’s backup execution method and provided $750,000 to remodel the execution chamber.
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Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2025
The first two — Freddie Owens, who was put to death on Sept. 20, and Richard Moore, who was executed on Nov. 1 — chose to die by lethal injection, but inmates can also choose electrocution or a new firing squad.
That is why our forecasts, watches and warnings focus on specific impacts such as wind conditions, snowfall, ice, temperature, visibility and other impacts.
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Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
The space underscored the L.A. brand’s commitment to elevating its brand positioning strategy and expanding its portfolio of high-quality apparel, accessories, fragrances, eyewear and watches.
Canine work also includes some of the partnerships that have been the backbone of human-dog coevolution, such as guarding, herding, hunting, and acting as sentry.
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Jessica Pierce,
TIME,
15 Dec. 2024
About a quarter-mile down the road, two soaring launch towers – one for each launch pad – sit sentry on SpaceX’s launch site as workers mill around.
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