guillotine
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A woman protester nearby was dressed as Marie-Antoinette, the queen executed by guillotine during the French revolution.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The guillotine blade that was allegedly used comes from the Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors, by descent from the family of Charles-Henri Sanson, the executioner, whose son Henri may have pulled the lever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
“Consolidation now hangs over the film industry like a guillotine, with job losses likely and the future of the theatrical movie-going experience in question,” Lauzen wrote in her report.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026
"I am on a four-year walk to the guillotine," says another, anticipating defeat at the next general election.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
It was because the sound in that room was the same sound she’d heard in that dreadful glittering chamber at Bolvangar, where the silver guillotine had nearly parted her and Pantalaimon.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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