guillotine
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“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
Though imprisoned after the fall of Robespierre in 1794, David escaped the guillotine and soon returned to his portrait practice and lucrative teaching studio.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
If, in 1793, you were going to visit the full-scale model of the guillotine exhibited at S. W. Fores’ Piccadilly print shop, you could hardly miss these merciless cartoons.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
Grainne Teggart, of Amnesty International, said the act's 1 May "guillotine" had "acted as an incentive for the state to frustrate legal proceedings and continue to grossly fail victims".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024
Chucha gives me her long, slow, guillotine nod that cuts off any further questions.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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