butchered
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"She's wearing the same outfit I wore. It's exactly the same joke, except she butchered the punchline."
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Animal remains were also placed in the grave, including a butchered calf.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
In 2024, Shasta County agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a 9-year-old girl and her family after sheriff’s deputies seized her goat so it could be butchered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
For the first time since Mr. Grote butchered my hair months ago, I look almost pretty.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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