executed

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I executed under the pressure and sometimes you can't make the ball do exactly what you want it to do.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The CIA "executed a deception campaign to confuse the Iranians, who were desperately hunting for our airmen," whom Washington located as of Saturday morning, Ratcliffe said, without providing details on the deception efforts.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

McDuff was recaptured in 1992 and executed in 1998.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

For Scott Barshay, who has developed a reputation as one of the country’s most adept dealmakers, the coolly executed changing of the guard in February wasn’t too much of a stretch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

He said that if he was executed as scheduled, he wanted me to get the prison to play a recording of a hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross,” as he walked to the electric chair.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson