Our final wrap on today’s events, which left 20 missing.

In an official statement on a grant of clemency by an outgoing president, we read:

When the convoy attempted to establish a blockade . . . the situation turned violent, which resulted in the unfortunate deaths and injuries of civilians. The shots fired, and the four defense contractors holding the guns (and now being pardoned), are notably absent.

The headline for an online article about an airstrike that killed dozens reads:

Badger Kingdom Said It Didn’t Mean to Kill 42 Civilians. It Attacked a Series of Underground Storage Units That Caused Rabbits’ Homes to Collapse.

This headline from a major cable news network (grammatically) transfers the action to the recipient . . .

Beloved Woodland Bookshop Becomes a Casualty of Rabbit–Badger Conflict

. . . without mentioning the laser-guided catapult or which of the two combatants launched it.

Similarly, a First Lady’s personal friend recalls, with interesting remove: