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[mur-der] / ˈmɜr dər /




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“Yeah, I have an audition for ‘Diagnosis Murder.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

She has appeared on popular TV series "Grey's Anatomy," "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Frasier."

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

“The Murder Game” proliferates taxonomies of its own, which often overlap and can become repetitive, especially when the same material is repeated across different chapters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Christie is the world's best-selling author of all time and is known for her 66 detective novels, including Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Then there was a battered paperback entitled Murder at Twelve Thousand Feet, a guidebook to New York, brand-new, with no creases, and a tiny address book.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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