killer
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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
An on-the-run killer who absconded after being permitted to attend his father's funeral in Northern Ireland 10 days ago has appeared in court in the Republic of Ireland, where he was arrested on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Diesel’s recent price jump is “kind of a silent killer to people’s wallets,” said Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at Dow Jones Energy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Heart disease remains humanity’s top killer, yet for drugmakers and Wall Street, it is becoming one of the hardest places to make money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He and his mom had once watched a horror movie about a killer doll that looked just like this.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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
That is not surprising given the intense pressure that had built up, especially around the potential for PC Andrew Harper's killers to be released early.
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
The desire for a quick and easy method of killing unwanted plants has given rise to a large and growing array of chemicals that are known as herbicides, or, less formally, as weed killers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
