killer

Example Sentences

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Yet as more data arrives, Summit’s drug is looking less a Keytruda killer than a contender for a slice of its market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Police wrongly accused a local man, Colin Stagg, who was later cleared, and the real killer, Robert Napper, was not identified for another 12 years.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“I think this would be a great opportunity to just show that personalized Siri is the killer consumer agent,” John Belton, portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds, tells me.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

For decades, scientists believed that MHC class I molecules primarily communicated with CD8+ T cells, often called "killer" T cells, while MHC class II molecules activated CD4+ T cells, commonly known as "helper" T cells.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

At the same time, he kept a lookout for killer whales, which nosed up through cracks in the ice.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong