murderer
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Nicolas Winding Refn directs this inscrutable yet mesmerizing thriller that follows the converging stories of an actress, an American G.I., and a mysterious murderer called the Leather Man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
At night, Elle shrugs on her father’s heavy black coat and slips into a reverie about a myth in which a grief-stricken murderer called the Leather Man searches for his lost daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Four centuries later, a Maltese minister leases a villa once used by a different murderer on the run and says he does not know who that murderer is.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, himself a Sikh, accused Reform UK and other parties of deciding to "scapegoat" the Sikh community "based on the actions of one violent murderer."
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
He called Rush a quack and a murderer, and even suggested the doctor was mentally unstable.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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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
Kelly Newman, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said after the sentencing: "Those who seek to help murderers evade justice should be in no doubt that they too will be held accountable for their actions."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"China supports Thailand in conducting the trial in accordance with the law and severely punishing the murderers."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Harrison Smith asked the witness, “Approximately how many murderers have you dealt with?”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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