slaughter
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Questions have been asked about the weapons used, the amount of ammunition, and why slaughter in situ was chosen as the method of disposal.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It separately aims to sell its Pasco, Wash. facility that can slaughter about 2,000 cattle a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Halal,” meaning permissible under Islamic law, is a designation most typically associated with procedures for animal slaughter and with the absence of pork or alcohol in consumable products.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Reynolds also described unsanitary conditions due to the slaughter area being outdoors with dirt and gravel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He knew how to shear them, and how to slaughter them.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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A meatpacker is the plant that slaughters the animal and breaks the carcass down into the cuts that reach shops or restaurants.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The June 26 complaint filed by Animal Outlook described slaughters captured on video by Scott David, the organization’s director of investigations, when he visited the ranch during its Eid al-Adha event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Truckers, feedlot operators and cattle ranchers face hits to their bottom line without the Lexington facility, which slaughters up to 5,000 cattle a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
"We condemn the resurgence of these mass slaughters and call on government to take its responsibility to secure lives and property very seriously or it should leave the stage."
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022
Fruit and slaughters are not usually combined, nor are gods and peasants.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Through the first six months of this year, companies slaughtered more than 4.9 billion chickens, up 3% from the same period last year and up 6% from five years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Companies that haven’t beaten earnings estimates—and raised their outlooks—have “gotten slaughtered in this market,” says Nancy Tengler, CEO and CIO at Laffer Tengler Investments.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
"He wrote quite a long letter to The Times, pointing out how many birds were being slaughtered."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
More than 120,000 eagles were slaughtered over the course of Alaska’s bounty system alone.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
From the farm’s walk-in cooler I picked out two of the chick-ens we had slaughtered on Wednesday.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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The red ink is mounting for companies in the business of slaughtering cattle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
“If anyone does have an idea of buying it for the purpose of what it’s being marketed as, for slaughtering animals, they’ll have a large contingent of public opposition,” Williamson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
On Wall Street, the arrival of Thanksgiving means it’s time for tax-loss harvesting, the wholesale slaughtering of the market’s worst-performing stocks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
As they grow up, tests include walking long distances barefoot, slaughtering cattle efficiently and showing kindness to fellow initiates.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
This Mycah was the worst; a butcher's boy, thirteen and wild, he slept in the meat wagon and smelled of the slaughtering block.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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