killer
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Following the runaway success of “Reacher” with this spinoff centering that hero’s sister-in-arms Frances Neagley is killer timing.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
As a young man, by his account, he smuggled diamonds, oversaw coconut plantations, dynamited fish, captained schooners and hunted killer cannibals in the New Guinea jungle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"The VAT is a killer to so many businesses."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Forecasters last weekend had issued flash-flood warnings for the area and said certain spots “can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The fresh-faced blond woman, with cheeks as delicate as a china doll’s, was in cahoots with a killer?
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
More than 30 families have called on the government to stop killers convicted of any form of manslaughter being released early to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He blended into the crowd, grew his beard, attended the mosques where the killers preached, listened, questioned, checked rumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But prolonged exposure produced cells that were poor killers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Burnham came under further pressure after the killers of PC Andrew Harper would still be eligible for early release.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He had passed the point of no return: He had given aid and comfort to Abraham Lincoln’s killers and now he lied about it to protect them.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
