the gallows
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The offended parties can also choose to turn the other cheek, though all eyes seem fixed on the gallows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026
When the real-life Höss was executed for his crimes in April 1947, the gallows was built just 100 meters from this once-cherished house, a domestic paradise that operated in the shadow of an inferno.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Next to the gallows was Jim Goodwin, but only after former manager Craig Levein poked around inside the club and decided he would rather host a podcast instead.
From BBC ● May 28, 2023
The wardrobe shook again, though not as much as Neville, who walked forward as though he were heading for the gallows.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
