firing squad
Example Sentences
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Arenales gallantly stepping up to support Espinal against a social firing squad sparked a flame between the two.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025
Borrowing from what Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested in 2017, we can’t know whether his death was “comparatively painless” or whether, as Denno says, South Carolina’s firing squad delivered a “swift and certain death.”
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2025
Other works include The Execution of Christ, a statue depicting Jesus facing down a firing squad of Maos, and Miss Mao, a collection of statues of Mao with large breasts and protruding noses.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024
“The use of the firing squad is, in my opinion, beneath the dignity of the state of Idaho.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2023
The firing squad, the hallway, the flat screens.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
