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as in cutting down
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as in throttling
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scragging
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But now, there’s a new referendum drive to legalize recreational pot, and once again, the invisible hand of Ron DeSantis is cheerlessly throttling the life out of direct democracy.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026 -
And a federal immigration crackdown complicated a local worker shortage, perhaps throttling employment growth.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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And people-proofing cars has proven harder than anyone might have imagined when Chicagoans were taking out their Model T’s for Sunday drives on the Mother Road.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Video evidence and sworn witness testimony indicate Pretti approached law enforcement during their altercation with other civilians, filming the incident on his phone but never taking out his gun or acting violently toward officers.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The characteristics and size of the small starch clumps could constitute a choking hazard, said Mondelez Global, which owns the brand, particularly in young children and the elderly.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Check your cookie stash for Chips Ahoy products that could contain a choking hazard.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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Utopia Home Premium Wooden Hangers One of my favorite little luxuries in my own home is having wooden hangers in all of our closets, which makes putting away laundry or getting dressed feel less like a chore.—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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By splicing pop songs and familiar meme formats into cruel detainment footage, ICE strains to attract a younger demographic, hoping to convince people that the agency is a vibrant—and trollishly funny—organization engaged in the noble work of putting away bad guys.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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And on Sunday before 70,823 at Levi’s Stadium, the unit showed the world there is room for more than one hard-hitting, suffocating defense in Seahawks history.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Seattle Seahawks have returned to the Super Bowl after 11 years, not with the boisterous noise of their prior iteration, but with a quiet, suffocating intensity that leaves the rest of football both intensely curious and stubbornly skeptical.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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According to the indictment, McCray is accused of strangling the victim.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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At his hearing Tuesday, Adams admitted strangling Murray himself.—
William Morris,
Des Moines Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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The friends along with two women and children were finishing a meal from Wingstop at the apartment when the argument led to gunfire, Davis’ mother, Sherika Kennedy, told the Star-Telegram.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
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Rodriguez starred in Season 6 of the Peacock dating series and was one of the breakout stars that year, making it to the final and finishing in third place, coupled with Jana Craig.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Scragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragging. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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