executed

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Strategy declined 5.9% after the world’s largest holder of Bitcoin announced it recently executed a strategic sale.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

On May 22, investigators executed a search warrant in the 14000 block of Silent Stream Court and arrested Watson without incident, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Joseph Smith, the defendant will not be executed.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

He likened Jin to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident who left the safety of the U.S. to return to Germany in 1939, only to be arrested and executed a few years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

No. "My name is Bryan Stevenson. I'm a legal intern with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee, and I've been instructed to inform you that you will not be executed soon."

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson