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We've seen now YouTube videos coming out of the Swat Valley that includes sluggings of young girls, you know, women being put to death, in the same way that we saw happening in Afghanistan in the late 90s.
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Sammler knows he can't jog in Riverside Park any more because of the muggers, and he sees in the park's trees and bushes "cover for sexual violence, knifepoint robberies, sluggings, and murders."
Mr. Sammler's City Myron Magnet 2008
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The concussions and the sluggings lightened ... stopped ... a vast peace descended, blanket-wise.
Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972
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For a secret like that they would have done a good many sluggings -- but the next day
The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923
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For a secret like that they would have done a good many sluggings -- but the next day Goldberger informed them that the offending gambler had got wind of what was coming to him, and had skipped the town.
The Jungle 1906
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