butcher
Example Sentences
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Not long after that, Hughie realizes Butcher also needs to be laid low to prevent more suffering.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Lidia Butcher gives a toolbox and worktable her two sons used to Chelsea Ward for her 17-month-old son.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Butcher was jailed for 13 years but after his release in 2020, he was allowed to move back to Chiseldon, near Swindon in Wiltshire, where Ms King was living.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
Roberts was working for his father, who owned Butcher Boy Products, a meat-processing business, and he was trying to come up with a new product that the company could sell to fast-food clients.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
“That’s too many. No first, second, or third graders— except maybe the Butcher cousins and Timmy Vaughn. The rest of you will just be in the way.”
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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