strangulation

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Today, the counterculture mix among the exhibition’s artists is mainstream — and certainly under threat of strangulation again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Ohio, where Charlie's Kids is based, in 2020 saw 146 sudden unexpected infant deaths, a classification that includes SIDS, accidental suffocation and strangulation, and other instances in which the cause is undetermined.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Police in NI can now charge people with non-fatal strangulation.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

In a follow-up text, she says she told the authorities “this was not an attack” and that strangulation “did not occur and should be removed” from the case file “immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

The startled sparrow shot downwards and stopped with a jerk, only thick neck feathers saving her from strangulation.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques