firing squad

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Granted, they have been gunning for his judgement too, in a circular firing squad about credibility.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“These kids did an adult job, basically facing a firing squad every day,” her daughter-in-law, Libby Boyce, said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

Borrowing from what Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested in 2017, we can’t know whether his death was “comparatively painless” or whether, as Denno says, South Carolina’s firing squad delivered a “swift and certain death.”

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2025

Federal executions, which also have the option of using a firing squad, have been stayed by an indefinite moratorium imposed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Bailey stood alone at the front of the class, as if he was facing a firing squad.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier