strangulation

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Smock had testified as an expert on strangulation as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

She said sentencing for non-fatal strangulation is too lenient, and in her case believes it "wasn't enough, justice was not served".

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

Today, the counterculture mix among the exhibition’s artists is mainstream — and certainly under threat of strangulation again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Ohio, where Charlie's Kids is based, in 2020 saw 146 sudden unexpected infant deaths, a classification that includes SIDS, accidental suffocation and strangulation, and other instances in which the cause is undetermined.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

The startled sparrow shot downwards and stopped with a jerk, only thick neck feathers saving her from strangulation.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques