executioners
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Occasionally executioners even achieved a kind of celebrity status.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
How do you grapple with the knowledge that your neighbors are former executioners?
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
She’s won recognition abroad for her work, including her activism against the death penalty in Iran, which remains one of the world’s top executioners.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives, not take them.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
In truth, Ned did not trust the mute knight, though perhaps that was only because he misliked executioners.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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