firing squad
Example Sentences
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One insider to the process has told me she had already decided to resign because she didn't have confidence in the board and viewed them as a "circular firing squad".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Arenales gallantly stepping up to support Espinal against a social firing squad sparked a flame between the two.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025
Borrowing from what Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested in 2017, we can’t know whether his death was “comparatively painless” or whether, as Denno says, South Carolina’s firing squad delivered a “swift and certain death.”
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2025
“The use of the firing squad is, in my opinion, beneath the dignity of the state of Idaho.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2023
Regan looked like she was ready to meet a firing squad when we finally arrived outside her mom’s office door.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
