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Recent Examples of hangman
At the end of long days, Banjo would bring his kids to the office, and the group — Kotwica, Banjo and the kids — would play games of hangman on the greaseboard.
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Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
The nursery consists of coral fragments that dangle from hangman structures that the Coral Restoration Foundation put 30 feet under the surface.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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
Middle East historian Ervand Abrahamian detailed in his 1999 book Tortured Confessions that the committee refused to use a firing squad because of the noise, even when the hangmen complained of the grueling labor involved in hanging so many.
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Kasra Naji,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Aug. 2016
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Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
The nursery consists of coral fragments that dangle from hangman structures that the Coral Restoration Foundation put 30 feet under the surface.
—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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.
—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Middle East historian Ervand Abrahamian detailed in his 1999 book Tortured Confessions that the committee refused to use a firing squad because of the noise, even when the hangmen complained of the grueling labor involved in hanging so many.
—
Kasra Naji,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Aug. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
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She was executed on May 27, 1541 by an executioner’s assistant, the executioner having been called away that day.
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In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
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Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.
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Once upon a time, the queen could have sent rebels to the Tower and the headsman’s block, even relatives—especially relatives.
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This psychological thriller stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia struggling to track down his wife’s murderer using a system of tattoos and notes.
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Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.
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Contact certain people about the debt Debt collectors are generally permitted to contact the executor, administrator or personal representative handling the estate.
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The digital replication right does not expire at a person’s death, and can be transferred and licensed by heirs, executors and others.
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These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
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As a pirate assassin and post-apocalyptic warrior, Krem of the Yellow Hills connects with Aries.
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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