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murderer

[mur-der-er] / ˈmɜr dər ər /


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“The Plan” assumes the crooked, insistent thought processes of a murderer; “Airport Story” is a Kafkaesque nightmare about a never-ending flight delay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Convicted murderer Christa Gail Pike was hospitalized after she survived two doses of a lethal drug.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

A group of other Russian and German prisoners were also freed, in exchange for Western countries releasing several Russian assets, including convicted murderer Vadim Krasikov.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He said the public were "in an outrageous position of having a convicted murderer roam our streets as a consequence of a catastrophic series of errors".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

There was a long story about how Marshall had saved the Professor from being unjustly accused and described the murderer so that the police were able to catch him.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Still, she imposed what Norman Podhoretz called an “inordinate demand”: that Jews under Hitler be braver and nobler than ordinary people could be expected to be when murderers held all the power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Either way, reluctance to associate either Salinger or his most indelible creation with crazed murderers meant keeping their own wounds at arms’ length.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Pilot schemes have been carried out with young offenders at HMP Polmont, female prisoners at HMP Stirling, and at HMP Low Moss, which holds almost 900 inmates, including convicted murderers.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

Outside the United Nations, around 200 demonstrators denounced Iran's deadly protest crackdown, holding placards reading: "No negotiations with murderers".

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

It is a relief to discover that although there might be axe murderers and kidnappers in the world, most people seem a lot like us: sometimes afraid and sometimes brave, sometimes cruel and sometimes land.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech


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