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Recent Examples of firing squad
On Christmas Day, a military tribunal sentenced him to death and executed him by firing squad.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Executions then resumed in 1977, when double murderer Gary Gilmore was put to death by firing squad.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Batthyány was executed by firing squad.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
March 31, 2015 Prosecutors ask that Mack and Schaefer be spared the maximum possible penalty — death by firing squad — if the three-judge panel convicts the young couple of killing Mack’s mother.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Executions then resumed in 1977, when double murderer Gary Gilmore was put to death by firing squad.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Batthyány was executed by firing squad.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
March 31, 2015 Prosecutors ask that Mack and Schaefer be spared the maximum possible penalty — death by firing squad — if the three-judge panel convicts the young couple of killing Mack’s mother.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
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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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Muniz-Spry was then placed uncuffed in a patrol vehicle while officers ran a record search.—
Zachary Fletcher,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The patrol noted that road conditions were wet at the time.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.—
Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.—
Becky Bohrer,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The service The service is maybe a touch more reverential than other Four Seasons outposts, but interactions are warm and friendly.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Moss has colonized the ceiling, and tall trees keep sentry over the store’s diverse and eclectic inventory.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Also, his paint was burned off in just the same spots as the snowman that had, for years, served as a jolly sentry outside our neighbor’s front door—a position that was now vacant, while our own home was, in a first, conspicuously and festively guarded.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Noun
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At a game watch party in Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles’ most historic and prominent Mexican American communities, the crowd was nearly entirely dressed in Mexico’s forest green.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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But thousands still had a chance to celebrate at watch parties across the city, including one in Brooklyn where fans turned an early morning bar crowd into a full-on celebration.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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