murdered
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“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
During the mourning chorus for the murdered King Duncan, for example, they robed the Macbeths in ermine and handed them crowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Sutton became one of the UK's most high-profile detectives in the 2000s, leading the investigation to catch serial killer Levi Bellfield, who murdered Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
SAT's co-founder Brendan Cox, whose wife MP Jo Cox was murdered by a neo-Nazi in 2016, welcomed the national day but warned "survivors also want it to be a moment of accountability".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Between rumors about Martin having been murdered and the weather, the town went into lockdown much as the children’s home had.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
