butchery
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Only a small number of bones displayed butchery marks, suggesting that dogs were not commonly consumed as food.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
That film’s director, John Huston, joined Jimmy Stewart and fellow Directors Guild of America members, including George Lucas, in accusing Turner and other colorizers of cultural butchery.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
"We are a butchery, fishmonger, a deli for your fruits, veg, local breads, honies, jams, preserves," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Kakuta's restaurant has its own butchery, supplying bear meat dishes to a nearby hotel.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
I have grown up in a house of butchery.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Bennett-Parker said she researched some of Mused’s 14 other butcheries, calling neighbors and even visiting Philadelphia.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2019
Horse-eating, or hippophagy, became popular in Europe in the 19th century, when famines caused several governments to license horse butcheries.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2011
We hold back from the leap of despair that would let us see that human society always carries within it the capacity to commit such butcheries and think well of itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wants to exorcise the great butcheries of humanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seneca denounced the gladiatorial shows as human butcheries.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
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