executioners
Example Sentences
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The government does not publish how many people are on death row, though human rights groups say there are more than 1,000 and that Vietnam is one of the world’s biggest executioners.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Executions in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s top executioners, have spiked after the coronavirus pandemic.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 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
The success of Penn’s medical school, which was the Colonies’ first, depended on students’ reliable access to dissection cadavers, which could then be procured legally only from prison executioners.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
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
