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massacre

[mas-uh-ker] / ˈmæs ə kər /




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Pratt returned to “The Alex Jones Show” in 2017, when the host was under fire for falsely portraying the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut as a hoax.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The 31-year-old teaching assistant, who wears a headscarf, burst into tears in front of the security guard's booth -- the very spot where Abdullah gave his life to prevent a massacre.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Bush’s phone calls during the Tiananmen Square massacre.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

It tried to purchase Jones’s media company out of bankruptcy with the support of families who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But nobody trusted the storm troopers after the massacre, and people would spit on their uniforms while passing them on the street.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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