stoned

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The first Sunday service after the arrests, streamed from pastors outside the mainland, included a meditation on the biblical account of Stephen, the first-century disciple stoned to death for his faith.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“I have been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

“It’s just not possible that police forces are so overstretched, that private property is destroyed, that buses are stoned and people injured,” Oudea-Castera said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2023

"I am humbled yet again and reminded that I am human and I have flaws, but I will not stand by as I am stoned by those who have flaws themselves."

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2023

The British ambassador registered a protest, the American Embassy in Paris was stoned, and Canada sued the United States for over $386,000.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield