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killer

[kil-er] / ˈkɪl ər /


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Meanwhile, as mentioned above, Apple has a killer lineup of returning shows.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

I love watching comedians navigate that impossible little tightrope between structure and chaos: character work, timing, escalation, commitment and, ideally, a killer ending.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

NAIROBI, Kenya—The fast-spreading Ebola virus is overwhelming creaking hospitals and clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dimming hopes for quick containment of what is already the third-largest outbreak of the killer disease in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

“I was crossing the road. I was not crossing the racetrack,” she testified Tuesday in the civil wrongful death trial against her son’s convicted killer, Rebecca Grossman, and former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

But another was an invisible killer: the Spanish and other European explorers brought deadly contagious diseases, like smallpox, to the Americas.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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