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
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
With the help of the flock, Lily eventually weeds out George’s murderer among the colorful townspeople, but not before “The Sheep Detectives” lands a couple of remarkable gut punches.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
“So that our murderer is left-handed? No, it is more difficult than that, is it not?”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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Convicted murderers and prisoners on orders for lifelong restriction would be excluded from the changes.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
During his time on the police beat and as a freelancer, Harris developed a fascination with crime and close proximity to its cast of characters from suspected murderers to homicide detectives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 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
If only I had someone I could commiserate with about this invasion of privacy, about the way everyone was treating us like murderers instead of grieving children.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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