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Much of the right seized upon a report published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday while the alleged gunman was still on the loose.

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A man was found fatally shot inside his car on Thursday morning near an elementary school in Whittier, and hours later, the shooter remained on the loose, authorities said.

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With a killer still on the loose, many fled the leafy town of 25,000 residents, which had not seen a murder for five years.

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He said the characterization by Trump of “all these terrible people” and “gang members” on the loose was hard to square with the reality of day laborers all but begging for work.

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Police were first alerted to reports of lynx on the loose in the Drumguish area of the UK's biggest national park on 8 January.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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