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The decadeslong crucifixions, meanwhile, have put impoverished San Pedro Cutud, one of the more than 500 villages in rice-growing Pampanga province, on the map.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

We were so tired of carrying our personal crucifixions around our necks and calling that a marriage.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2020

In the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, masses and other solemn gatherings have been put on hold, including folk rituals that feature real-life crucifixions and usually draw thousands of tourists and penitents.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2020

There is relatively little archaeological evidence of crucifixions, the method used to execute Jesus Christ, according to Christian tradition.

From Fox News • Nov. 30, 2018

Like the carvings and stained-glass windows in European cathedrals, the art in San Lorenzo and other Olmec cities consisted mainly of powerful, recurring images—the crucifixions and virgins, so to speak, of ancient Mesoamerica.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann