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The Maricopa County Attorney's Office argued Vallow Daybell orchestrated Vallow’s death to collect insurance and begin a new life, telling the jury that the killing was an execution.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025 -
The script execution often includes steps to evade detection and maintain persistence, such as clearing clipboard contents and running processes in minimized windows.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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To be fair, the effacement of character is itself one of Leitch’s dramatic points.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2024
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There are times in The Years when the betrayal and effacement of May compels Ernaux to say something similar.—
Tobi Haslett,
Harper's Magazine,
18 Sep. 2023
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Cinematic games are meant for one or two sessions full of tense moments, human intrigue and alien slaughter.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Of course, Mari could have survived the slaughter if some of the other girls — including Van (Liv Hewson) and Taissa (Brown) — had it their way.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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For instance, the North China Craton underwent significant disintegration for millions of years and lost its deepest root layers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2025
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As Russia tried to find its way forward in the wake of the Soviet Union’s disintegration, Washington’s pursuit of security and democratization efforts clashed with Moscow’s ambitions to preserve its power and influence.—
Alexander Vindman,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Mar. 2025
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What began in Manchester with an 1819 massacre of peasants gave birth to the world's first workers' movements, trade unions and an idea of equality that has fueled social justice and labor movements around the world.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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Commentators sometimes compare dictators to Herod, the king who ordered the massacre of children in his quest to kill the infant Christ.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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In 1981, this open-air concept would prove nearly detrimental, as John Paul II was shot during an assassination attempt while riding in a Fiat 1007 Nuova Campagnola in St. Peter's Square.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The White House swapped the official portrait of former President Barack Obama for a painting based on a photograph of Trump after the July 2024 assassination attempt.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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With the Soviet Union’s collapse, the United States enjoyed a margin of superiority that would have been unimaginable to earlier great powers.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Congress should promote emergency and retirement savings, empowering families to protect themselves from fiscal collapse.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Senators’ defence and penalty killing played a role in those goals, but Ullmark failed to come up big in contrast to Toronto’s Anthony Stolarz.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Dismantlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismantlement. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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