killer

Example Sentences

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Detailing the evidence he said proved each article had been unlawfully obtained, he often admitted there was no killer document.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In fact, Flaherty said the person doing the MIT interview admitted later, “I’m not going to lie. I thought that was the killer for your application.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The first shot, so to speak, came in Anthropic’s conflict with the Pentagon after the company refused to have its technology used for fully autonomous killer drone storms and the mass surveillance of Americans.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Officials began to suspect that Myers was the sole killer and was desperately trying to implicate others to minimize his culpability.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson