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slaughterer

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as in butcher

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Sabrina came from a high-status family of scholars, and Phillip, the struggling musician and child of butchers, wasn’t enough for her family.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Independent grocery stores and butchers that use the same refrigeration system may also have been affected.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

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Rather, the state may employ executioners with limited technical expertise and often no experience in basic anatomy or medical care.

— Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Pike, 50, suffered burns and blisters to her arms and her prognosis remains uncertain after executioners tried to give her two lethal doses of pentobarbital, her legal team said Wednesday.

— Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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To be fair, a genre that’s given us everything from brooding, sparkling emo kids who play baseball; a stake-wielding teen slayer who can’t quit the bad boy; and eccentric sidekicks who feast on bugs is ripe with material for mockery.

— Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The abject terror of reproduction was personified by Lamashtu, demoness of the night, drinker of blood, eater of flesh, slayer of children, untimely opener of wombs, ravager of women.

— Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

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