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thriller

[thril-er] / ˈθrɪl ər /






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Not so if you confess to streaming military thrillers while other, nobler souls are busy contemplating peace on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

The co-stars discuss their twisty thriller on Peacock that takes its depiction of motherhood — and the blame women place on themselves when something goes awry — very seriously.

From Los Angeles Times

The espionage thriller stars Simu Liu as an intelligence analyst whose brain has been hacked, putting his thoughts and memories in the hands of unknown perpetrators.

From Los Angeles Times

A remarkable, chaotic, mesmerising Premier League thriller at Old Trafford captured the imagination even of the clinical operators in the dugout.

From BBC

"I studied every thriller I could to see what is the grammar for film thrillers. 'Cut to the insert of the key.' 'The foot hits the ground.'"

From BBC