killer
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They created chance upon chance but didn't have the killer touch nearly as often as you'd like.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
As the picture of Swiss elegance and killer performance, Roger Federer was the natural face of On.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The world's biggest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 16 percent of deaths.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Slasher movies have always depended on a memorable killer, and the genre has produced some of horror’s most instantly recognizable figures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But if I went through with the exorcism, I would be severing my only lead to finding Yakov’s true killer.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
In their ruling on Tuesday, the five Supreme Court judges said the law had long differentiated between child and adult killers, and that the trial judge had correctly and fairly decided on a minimum term.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
When it emerged that two of the killers, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, could be released early, there were passionate calls for the government to intervene and block those convicted of manslaughter from early release.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
He blended into the crowd, grew his beard, attended the mosques where the killers preached, listened, questioned, checked rumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But prolonged exposure produced cells that were poor killers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
“No one expected Category Six hurricanes. They didn’t have city killers then. The climate changed. The weather shifted. They did not anticipate well.”
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
