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Recent Examples of hangman
The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Our staff plays hangman to pass some time.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
They got engaged in May 2016 After two years of dating, Adam proposed to Jessica during a game of hangman.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Our staff plays hangman to pass some time.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
They got engaged in May 2016 After two years of dating, Adam proposed to Jessica during a game of hangman.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
Noun
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At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The regime executed 975 people last year—making Iran the world's top per capita executioner.—
Tom Ridge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
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Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2021
Noun
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With Charlie Hunnam in the leading role, season 3 will dive into the haunting story of the notorious 1950s murderer who not only took multiple lives but also exhumed graves to create household and clothing items from human remains.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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The conservative influencer Candace Owens released an image purporting to show the alleged murderer at the outlet during an episode of her podcast.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Allen’s sister Jody is the executor of his estate and has been serving as owner of the NBA and NFL teams.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many tech companies thrive with top-down leadership and linear management—clear directives from the founder to executors, without middle layers slowing or distorting the vision.—
Jonathan Low,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That assassin went on to seriously wound a colleague of Hortman and her husband and had a hit list of forty-four Democrats.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Disney, the parent company of ABC, removed the late-night comedian from its airwaves after a conservative outcry over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassin culminated in public pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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