killing
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To be fair, retail and institutional investors have made a killing betting on state ownership.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The man suspected of killing a Scottish aid worker in Greece has appeared in court in Athens.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The researchers then engineered the bean gum to contain protegrin, an antimicrobial peptide capable of killing harmful bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
October 29: A 737 MAX 8 operated by Lion Air crashes shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
“But it’s not only fishing that’s killing them,” said Opoku.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The April killings sparked an outcry from rights groups and some leading Ethiopian figures, including the influential head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ms. Borgman doesn’t—and likely wouldn’t—make use of the recently released, gruesomely detailed autopsy reports on the killings, documentation that was probably unavailable during production anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Authorities say they are looking at shakedowns and possible corruption among public officials as potential factors in the killings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the killings that occurred between January and June 26, only 16 indictments were filed, amounting to just 12.3 percent of cases, according to the Abraham Initiatives.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
The notion of the recent killings being the product of “age-old” hatred is therefore misleading.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
