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murder

[mur-der] / ˈmɜr dər /




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“He sees it as part of a reality in Colombia,” said Dudley, author of “Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Osman, the writer of the best-selling Thursday Murder Club novels and former host of House of Games and Pointless, was made an OBE for services to literature and broadcasting.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“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

Then one day at the public library in Pawhuska I noticed, tucked amid volumes of Osage history, a spiral-bound manuscript titled “The Murder of Mary DeNoya-Bellieu-Lewis.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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