beheading
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One day, as I was beheading a trout, it struck me: People will give me money if I just show up and do what they ask me to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Leo's visit, which is expected to focus on interfaith dialogue, comes 30 years after the beheading of seven French Trappist monks from a monastery during the 1990s civil war.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
If he can pull off that trick, though, he will prove himself more akin to Charles II who restored the monarchy 11 years after his father’s beheading.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
The letters date from 1578 to 1584, a few years before Mary's beheading 436 years ago - on 8 February, 1587.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023
A lifetime of peaceful vegetarianism stood between me and the willful beheading of a fish.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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