killer
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He’s not Jeff Goldblum-level rascally, but he’s confident enough to go his own way and make a killer joke at a high-voltage fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Sun on Sunday headlines with the "new Widdecombe twist" writing police are on the "hunt for Ann car killer".
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The famous Buddhist Angulimala Sutta tells a story of a serial killer who is redeemed by the Buddha and becomes a righteous monk.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many of today's cancer immunotherapies are designed to activate killer T cells, but only about 20% to 40% of patients experience meaningful benefits.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Carroll insisted he couldn’t be sure, but Farmer said that everyone in the region had a very clear idea who the killer was.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
They're terrific footballers, very easy on the eye, but they're not ruthless, not killers.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
It is increasingly understood as a quiet, common, and dangerous disorder that can be detected earlier, treated sooner, and linked closely to some of the world's biggest killers.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
But most of us will become more susceptible to killers like cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s as we get older.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
Immunity hearings are typically held in criminal court, where killers facing charges have the chance to argue before a judge that they acted in self-defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
