killing
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After taking the position, which had been vacant since the killing of his predecessor in February, Akhlaghi said Thursday he would be focusing on new technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The outbreak began in DRC and has become the deadliest in the country's history, killing more than 4,000 people out of more than 9,000 confirmed cases since mid-May, according to health authorities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
It all began on 1 November 2024, when the concrete canopy collapsed outside Novi Sad train station, in Serbia's second biggest city, killing 16 people.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Evans: It was intense but I didn’t feel bad about, as people have put it, killing Santa Claus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
But what good is it if he’s on Sagan with us, just to have the Collective release the toxin, killing us all?
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The claimants said that after the killings, the London Bullion Market Association should have withheld stamp of approval for a Tanzanian mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
He does not know if or when Walker was alerted to that possibility, or if that was the reason for the killings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Brown, of Islington, north London, was charged following a seven-year British investigation into the killings.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Bass said the killings reflect, in part, a broader failure of the mental health system to get people the care they need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
There was no physical evidence or witnesses to prove that Hale had carried out or ordered any of the killings.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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