slaying
Example Sentences
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County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved reinstating the reward in the decade-old slaying and increasing it by $10,000.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
“In many ways, he always thought that he was Saint George slaying the dragon,” the author writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Sources have also said he had been acting strangely and got into some type of argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party at talk show host Conan O’Brien’s house hours before the slaying.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
It depicts St George slaying a dragon, which lies among broken fragments of US and Soviet missiles.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
But I also loved the stories about Moses parting the Red Sea, David slaying Goliath, Jesus whipping the money changers in the temple.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
