killers

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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

A memorial to a police officer, whose death on duty led to tougher sentences for the killers of emergency workers, has been unveiled by his widow.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 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

He had been able to verify that most of them were neither killers nor traitors, and he was therefore well disposed toward the prisoners.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende