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murderer

[mur-der-er] / ˈmɜr dər ər /


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Nicolas Winding Refn directs this inscrutable yet mesmerizing thriller that follows the converging stories of an actress, an American G.I., and a mysterious murderer called the Leather Man.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

At night, Elle shrugs on her father’s heavy black coat and slips into a reverie about a myth in which a grief-stricken murderer called the Leather Man searches for his lost daughter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The brother of Natalie McNally has said an appeal by her murderer, Stephen McCullagh, against his 31-year sentence is re-traumatising for her family.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Four centuries later, a Maltese minister leases a villa once used by a different murderer on the run and says he does not know who that murderer is.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2026

He would tell the intern about the person who limped into the Westing house; maybe that was the murderer—unless his partner was the murderer!

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

Either way, reluctance to associate either Salinger or his most indelible creation with crazed murderers meant keeping their own wounds at arms’ length.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Kelly Newman, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said after the sentencing: "Those who seek to help murderers evade justice should be in no doubt that they too will be held accountable for their actions."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

"China supports Thailand in conducting the trial in accordance with the law and severely punishing the murderers."

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Villarreal: We know Elsbeth as this person with a keen ability to read people, who can sniff out liars, murderers.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Which was strange, because just minutes earlier he had been acting like we were all murderers for not crying our eyes out.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson




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