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massacre

[mas-uh-ker] / ˈmæs ə kər /




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It tried to purchase Jones’s media company out of bankruptcy with the support of families who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"In the half-century since the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, this is the most prolonged crackdown that we've seen – far eclipsing the period after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989," Johnson says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Jin came to Christianity in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Researchers believe the massacre occurred during a period of instability in the Carpathian Basin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

He used massacre when he spoke to his friends, but never with her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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