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noose

noun as in loop

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The Coast Guard had signed off on a policy on November 13 that downgraded the classification of symbols such as swastikas and nooses, according to a report from the Washington Post.

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Lord Fredrick pulled at his shirt collar as if it had tightened like a noose.

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Within these books she found tales of bloody revolutions and innocent men falsely accused, all of which seemed to end with nooses and guillotines.

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Despite waves of Carthaginian resistance and the increasing hostility of Roman elites, who resented his precocious record and thirst for glory, Scipio tightened the noose around Carthage.

In their final conversation, Adam uploaded a photograph of a noose tied to a closet rod, asked whether it could hang a human, and told ChatGPT “this would be a partial hanging,” the lawsuit alleges.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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