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murder

[mur-der] / ˈmɜr dər /




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Palmdale Mayor Eric Ohlsen said the sentence brings a measure of accountability for the brazen murder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted executions in the state after a woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection before she was rushed to hospital for medical care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Jay Slater's mum 'accused of his murder by trolls'

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kaepernick watched the Mario Woods video at his parents’ home, as his mother questioned Woods’ role in his murder.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

They say she bawled bloody murder and refused to come into the house, so Uncle Herm finally had to drag his whole family away before they even had a chance to take their coats off.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

A man arrested in connection with one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders is no longer under investigation, police have said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Prosecutors rejected that argument, saying Clancy had carefully planned the murders and was able to understand the consequences of her actions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

There were claims he was to blame for the murders in some way.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

As Mr. Preston’s clever plot develops, it becomes clear that Cold War secrets explain the murders and that present-day spymasters—British and Russian—are covering their tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Reports from agents and informants like Morrison suggested that several of these desperadoes had knowledge about the murders.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“My grandparents were murdered in concentration camps. And to see how the world, again, is swinging that direction, where there are too many people in favor of a totalitarian government, is crazy,” Eliot said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

John and Penny Clough, the parents of Jane Clough, a nurse who was murdered in 2010.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Talking about the “Pluribus” season finale, she said that while she’s never murdered anyone, she has felt out-of-control rage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Yet the formidable English army of kinsman Malcolm, rightful heir to murdered King Duncan, approached Dunsinane using branches from Birnam Wood as camouflage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

We don't even have proof that Sam Westing was murdered.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

The lawyer for Lindsay Clancy urged a judge Tuesday to acquit the US mother accused of murdering her three children after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the high-profile case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Earlier this year, Finance Minister John O'Dowd committed to changing family law to automatically remove the parental responsibility of anyone convicted of murdering someone with whom they shared a child.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

"We want the men accused of murdering our sons to see, in person, the human consequences of what happened," Martin and Debra Robinson said in a statement, according to Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The sister of the woman Knox was acquitted of murdering has objected to the show that is due to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Pete kept on him, talking so gently and sweetly that he seemed all the more furious in his discipline, and I thought he had to be murdering himself inside to hold the line like that.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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