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Recent Examples of firing squad
Aside from Sigmon, only three other U.S. inmates — all in Utah — have been killed by a firing squad in the past 50 years.
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Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
But that decision was overturned, and the state carried out its first firing squad execution in modern history earlier this month.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Investigations South Carolina plans to carry out a firing squad execution.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025
The only other states to authorize death by a firing squad are Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
But that decision was overturned, and the state carried out its first firing squad execution in modern history earlier this month.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Investigations South Carolina plans to carry out a firing squad execution.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025
The only other states to authorize death by a firing squad are Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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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
Noun
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Police officials have acknowledged in the past that patrol officers across the city are routinely tied down on high-priority calls for service.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Officer Austin Turner has been a Marietta patrol officer for close to four years.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Those nine figures topped the picket signs of actors and writers during Hollywood strikes in 2023.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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Traditional homes may suit a Chippendale pattern or classic straight pickets.—
Abid Haque,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Photo: Courtesy of the Oberoi Group This is the second wildlife resort for Oberoi, the luxury hospitality brand with outposts scattered across some of the most covetable and far-flung destinations on the planet.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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After his latest excursions along the eastern coasts of Norway, Jarrett now says his team believes that rather than solely relying on concentrated trading outposts, Norse sailors frequently utilized a decentralized network of ports on the region’s numerous islands and peninsulas.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The top 25 buyers spent more than $111 million and were granted a private VIP reception with Trump, while the top four also received a limited edition Trump Tourbillon watch that sells for $100,000.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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All his Thunder teammates were seated on stage in new Rolex watches.—
Anthony Slater,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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