mutilation
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"The Crusade nobody saw coming. Muslims, Christians, and Atheists vs. Pro-Child Mutilation groomers."
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
In his book Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture, Eric R. Varner confirms that a number of images of Caligula that were warehoused “in secure locations” are “astonishingly well-preserved.”
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2021
The high court ruled the Draft Card Mutilation Act of 1965, which banned mutilation, furthered an important government interest and wasn’t intended to chill speech, so it didn’t impinge on the First Amendment.
From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2020
The minister for religious affairs, Nasr al-Din Mufreh, recently attended a ceremony marking International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020
More serious in its consequences, however, than any other source of mischief which can be named, is the process of Mutilation, to which, from the beginning, the Text of Scripture has been subjected.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
