killer
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Come for my colleagues’ smart insights about the midterms, stay for their killer senses of humor.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
Adapted from Lars Kepler’s bestselling novel, Apple TV’s drama stars Liev Schreiber as a former cop who suspects a serial killer may have something to do with a child’s disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The evidence, Littlejohn and Bell suggested, pointed to Monson as the killer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
One of the challenges facing detectives on major cases investigations like the hunt for Sperino's killer is the sheer amount of evidence they dig up.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
But another was an invisible killer: the Spanish and other European explorers brought deadly contagious diseases, like smallpox, to the Americas.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Lubinets -- a lawyer by training and an ex-MP -- also faced criticism, with one Ukrainian soldier accusing him on Facebook of being "all too eager to smile and ingratiate himself with the killers".
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Walking down Yablunska Street, Dulkay said thoughts of the victims drive him to pursue the killers and keep faith in eventual justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Representatives for the trust have argued Reiner is barred from accessing the fund due to California’s so-called Slayer Statute, which blocks convicted killers from profiting from their crimes in various ways, including through inheritance claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Brennand read the remarks of Justice Davis, who jailed the family's killers.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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