killer

Example Sentences

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Sanjoy said he had asked specifically whether a hair sample was taken from the killer, after he refused blood and urine testing.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Last year, 7 million people around the world, 600,00 of them children, died from a slow-moving, silent and largely invisible killer: air pollution.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

UConn beat ninth-seeded Syracuse 98-45 in a second-round game that featured a killer 31-0 run by the defending champion Huskies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

But like all slasher movies, the killer isn’t dead yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Sir Fig Newton had the silent cat killer, and my only proof had melted into extinction.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas