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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Drink was always a problem for some executioners, though it doubtless provided a blessed relief from their horrific duties.
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He even found himself liking the gunman in an abstract way, despite Gomez's future role as his executioner .
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Horne's mailed executioner carefully cleaned the sword, drew his knife and knelt beside the blood-gushing torso of his victim.
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Maskell came close to being the executioner .
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One of his executioners drew a sword and beheaded him.
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Prison officials drew less passionate executioners from a list of law-enforcement officers.
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The baffled executioners were severely reprimanded before getting another crack at Vincent.
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The others were beheaded first; her executioner botched her beheading and left her to endure a three-day death.