guillotine
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They hover with a calculated theatricality: “Hat Rack” drops like a predatory spider; the shovels’ metal scoops are poised like guillotine blades; and “Bottle Rack” dives like a missile—an apt metaphor for their impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
A woman protester nearby was dressed as Marie-Antoinette, the queen executed by guillotine during the French revolution.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
“Consolidation now hangs over the film industry like a guillotine, with job losses likely and the future of the theatrical movie-going experience in question,” Lauzen wrote in her report.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026
For the seventh time in a row in tournaments where a guillotine falls, Smith had failed to survive the cut.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
I trudged back to the living room, feeling as though I were headed for the guillotine.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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