mutilation

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Halfway through college, Russell spent two months in Tanzania assisting a nonprofit that taught female genital mutilation survivors how to make clothes to support themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The Gambia's Supreme Court began hearing a case this week brought by religious traditionalists who are hoping to topple the country's poorly enforced ban on female genital mutilation.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

It inspired his themes—war, fear, mutilation, endurance, courage, comradeship and death—and his laconic and stoical, virile and aggressive heroes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

"Such mutilation of the tree of life and the resulting loss of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity to humanity is a serious threat to the stability of civilization."

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

As he heard the voice his face brightened, through its mutilation, and he said:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker