torso
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But in September 1936, Ness was assigned to the Torso Killer case, to much local fanfare.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022
Hosting both the World’s Fair and the Republican National Convention in 1936, the city pressured Ness to focus on stopping the Torso Killer.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022
“You know, there’s not many ways in which one takes seriously the end of Rilke’s ‘Archaic Torso of Apollo,’ ” Sacks said.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
Kali Nicole Gross, author of Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso, went in search of the woman at the centre of it all.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2016
Torso swiveled to the left and leaning forward.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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