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murder

[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

Mr. Balint is the author of “Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"That's where the nightmare began," she tells a new BBC documentary, Murder Case: The Hunt for Arlene Fraser's Killer.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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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