strangulation
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Their new impact report, released this week, highlights the UK's understanding and response to strangulation four years since the law was introduced.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Specialists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife speculate that he may have lost his toes due to umbilical cord strangulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
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
Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Accidental suffocations and strangulations aren't necessarily happening more often, some experts say; rather, fatality review teams have become better at identifying causes of death.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
“It’s not complicated. It might be hard, but it’s not complicated. That’s just math. It’s the same reason these days we have fewer strangulations with a landline.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Sir Thomas Browne said that in his day the Elder had become a famous medicine for quinsies, sore throats, and strangulations.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
Strangulations.—We are now in a position to understand the so-called strangulations which result when woody climbers, telegraph wires, etc.,
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
