slaughter

Example Sentences

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It can slaughter about 6,000 cattle a day, and accounts for roughly 5% of America’s beef-processing capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Most are sold at larger markets where they are purchased and fed to slaughter weight, while around 15 percent is processed nearby and sold at Stem's butcher shop.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

I know a lot of headlines all week were we were lambs to the slaughter but we were quietly confident if we brought our best version we could challenge them.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The biggest mistake one could make in analyzing this corporate slaughter is to lay the blame solely on the state of journalism.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2026

If the price of peace was the dissolution of the Union, many people felt that compensation lay in stopping human slaughter.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt