Example Sentences

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The sense of vulnerability is tangible - command centres damaged, leadership decapitated, and decision-making compressed into crisis mode.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Now, the despot regime has been decapitated, but ConocoPhillips isn’t jumping up and down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

On Monday, Williams said the body had not been decapitated or frozen, as some media outlets have reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

"Sometimes you'll see ant heads on the bee legs because they were feeding and in response to an attack, the bee bit the ant and decapitated it."

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025

The golden haze illuminated the edges of the willows and a decapitated angel statue.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older