killer
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As you’ll see, that old piece turned out to contain a killer quote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
South Gate’s rain-sodden float depicted a floral Titanic sinking alongside the killer iceberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Police said they were not linking the deaths to a serial killer but added that the "similarities are sufficiently concerning… to issue a public warning".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The natural killer receptors allowed the engineered T cells to destroy cancer cells that could not be eliminated through the NY-ESO-1 targeting pathway alone.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Maybe you stole the slippers just so you could write a killer story about it for your website!"
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told the BBC that PC Andrew Harper's killers will remain behind bars as he announced changes to the early release scheme aimed at easing prison overcrowding.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
He blended into the crowd, grew his beard, attended the mosques where the killers preached, listened, questioned, checked rumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some suggested these cells were relatively weak killers and could even suppress immune activity, while others found that they were highly effective at destroying target cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Burnham came under further pressure after the killers of PC Andrew Harper would still be eligible for early release.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The desire for a quick and easy method of killing unwanted plants has given rise to a large and growing array of chemicals that are known as herbicides, or, less formally, as weed killers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
