killer

Example Sentences

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Last year, 7 million people around the world, 600,00 of them children, died from a slow-moving, silent and largely invisible killer: air pollution.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

But like all slasher movies, the killer isn’t dead yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Heart disease remains the leading killer of both men and women in the U.S., and the new guidance emphasizes that prevention must start decades earlier than traditionally thought.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The senior officer in charge of the investigation into the Nottingham attacks has denied that triple killer Valdo Calocane was charged early to "shut down stories of police failings".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

A prevailing theory was that her killer came from outside the reservation.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann