firing squad
Example Sentences
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“These kids did an adult job, basically facing a firing squad every day,” her daughter-in-law, Libby Boyce, said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
Randy Gardner, the brother of Ronnie Gardner, who was executed by firing squad in 2010, agrees with Antognini.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2025
The only sure fact for now is Mr Krieger – who had been facing death by firing squad – has been spared.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024
The state asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling after a 2022 trial that the electric chair and the firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023
She looked like someone facing the firing squad and saying damn the blindfolds.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
