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Recent Examples of firing squad
Though extremely rare, the last firing squad execution occurred in Utah in 2010, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
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Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The South Carolina General Assembly approved a firing squad and passed a shield law bill that allowed the suppliers of the drugs to stay secret.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Yet this feud seems futile: like a circular firing squad, the chaotic back-and-forth only seems to create wounds everywhere.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a virtual buffet of ways to die: firing squad, nitrogen gas, the electric chair and still, lethal injection.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The South Carolina General Assembly approved a firing squad and passed a shield law bill that allowed the suppliers of the drugs to stay secret.
—Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025
Yet this feud seems futile: like a circular firing squad, the chaotic back-and-forth only seems to create wounds everywhere.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a virtual buffet of ways to die: firing squad, nitrogen gas, the electric chair and still, lethal injection.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 6 June 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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By the end of 2017, body cameras — a tool for both accountability and investigation — were in use for all Chicago Police Department patrol officers, which allows jurors and courtroom observers to watch, to some extent, a police shooting unfold.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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However, that claim could not be verified, with the judge ruling that the animal patrol officer did not adequately look to see if food and water were provided and if the horses were properly fenced on the property while performing a welfare check on May 7, according to court records.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
Noun
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More pickets are planned at a handful of supermarkets.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
8 June 2025
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters helped coordinate a picket effort at nine Amazon facilities in December.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Reykjavik is a quirky, colorful and surprisingly cosmopolitan outpost on the edge of the Arctic that offers much more than a launchpad to Iceland’s volcanic landscapes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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But those who are lucky enough to score a reservation (or find themselves with a Nairobi layover while visiting other Safari Collection outposts) receive access to The Retreat at Giraffe Manor.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Effectively the solar cell allows the drone to act as a CCTV sentry during daylight hours, saving battery power for when a target is spotted.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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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
Noun
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With its minimalist rectangular face and refined proportions, the Carino watch by Heaven Mayhem adds just enough polish to bare wrists peeking from oversized shirt cuffs.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The 47-year-old has amassed quite the watch collection over the past two decades.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
21 July 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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