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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headsmen
Noun
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Comments from officials have led to fears of some of those detained being put to death in Iran, one of the world’s top executioners.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Under South Carolina's protocol, Bryant's executioners will place a hood over his head and strap him to a chair.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That can be costly, but the expenses come out of the estate itself, not the heirs’ or executors’ pockets.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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This comes after a judge threw out parts of Paris’s petition in November, granting a motion from the executors that invoked California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which is meant to prevent retaliatory legal action.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In the original, Hanks’ character is driven to madness, imagining that his neighbors in the creepy house across the street might be murderers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers do not announce themselves or surrender voluntarily.—
Eric Balliet,
Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2026
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One week later, on May 15, assassins forced Valdez, 50, from his car at midday and shot him at least a dozen times in downtown Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Based on the novel by Stephen King, The Running Man is a dystopian sci-fi movie about a reality TV show where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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