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murder

[mur-der] / ˈmɜr dər /




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Where the earlier series are essentially light-hearted, murder notwithstanding, the new “Tommy & Tuppence” is more romantic drama than comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

An elderly woman whose death sparked a murder investigation has been named by police.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Bush, speaking at Washington’s historic Islamic Center on the same day of Sodi’s murder, reminded our nation that “America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens” and praised our “incredibly valuable contribution to our country.”

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Judge Anne Hwang determined his prior murder conviction no longer applied as a felony under a landmark 2016 change in California law that barred prosecutors from trying juveniles as adults without a judge’s approval.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Diallo’s murder sparked huge protests, resulting in a series of studies commissioned by the attorney general of New York.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The move was recommended in 2003 by the inquiry into the Harold Shipman murders and called for again a decade later as part of the inquiry into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

One of the purported motivations for “Juiced” was getting Simpson to confess to the murders on camera, though the proviso going in was that no one could bring them up.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

A former gang leader goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas over the decades-old murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most high-profile unresolved murders.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

“Furious,” which premieres Monday on Hulu, is technically a serial killer story, since there are multiple murders committed by a single character, but happily that is the least of it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Within five years, murders had dropped 64.3 percent to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 355,893.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

There are posh parties, through which some of the young characters pass, though no one is doing cocaine or getting murdered.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 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

Bobby believed, they said, that the Soviets were so enraged by his winning the crown from Spassky and thereby diminishing their greatest cultural achievement that they wanted him murdered.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

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

Knox was convicted and later acquitted of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Mitchell sees Aemond as a product of his circumstances, rather than just a murdering psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

At around the same time, records show that Cleopatra also acted alone when she arrested Roman soldiers responsible for murdering the sons of the new Roman governor of Syria.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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