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murder

[mur-der] / ˈmɜr dər /




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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced an independent review into the murder, led by former lord chancellor Alex Chalk, which will look at "any missed opportunities to intervene".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Kenny said he "experienced everything possible in the game" after starting out as a faithful, getting a shield to protect him from murder and then being recruited as a traitor.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

But long after Romero transformed them from blank-eyed puppets to ravenous murder machines, Bedward’s film demonstrates how Hollywood’s version of the zombie impacts America’s perception of Vodou, Haitians and immigration.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

It will prove an enticement for viewers, too, to see whether some woman is feral enough to have committed Helen’s murder, or the culprit was some single-minded man who outwitted the system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But Ophie did not know how to get the ghost to leave the girl, and clearly the realization about her murder had only made her stronger.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

“But murders aren’t solved at night. The main thing is not to hurry, but to concentrate.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The money he is seeking was also covered by a disbursement he was supposed to be given on his 30th birthday, in September 2023, more than two years before the murders, according to his lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hobrough said in the last 10 months the force had dealt with the number of murders that would typically take place in two to three years.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Det Supt Mark O'Shea said the force remained "committed to solving these dreadful murders" and he encouraged anyone with information to come forward as it "may help us get justice for the family".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Within five years, murders had dropped 64.3 percent to 770 and total crimes had fallen by almost half to 355,893.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess says politicians are still at risk and questioned if anything has changed five years after her father's death.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” he played Ben Reilly, a hapless and jaded private eye who used to moonlight as a masked vigilante known as the Spider until the love of his life was murdered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

During the mourning chorus for the murdered King Duncan, for example, they robed the Macbeths in ermine and handed them crowns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ryan Speedo Green was an eloquent Banquo; Freddie De Tommaso’s bright tenor brought poignant lyricism to Macduff’s lament for his murdered family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

George will never get to reunite with his sister, and she died thinking he had been murdered by Jeanine.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Pishko explains the story of Aaron Spencer, a 38-year-old Army veteran who was nearly put on trial for murdering a man but is now running for local sheriff.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the show will see a group of famous 'faithfuls' attempt to work out which among them are the 'traitors' secretly "murdering" contestants each night.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The lawyer for Lindsay Clancy urged a judge Tuesday to acquit the US mother accused of murdering her three children after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the high-profile case.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

To wit: Sexton received 3,000 emails from a Kansas housewife obsessed with clearing the name of Dana Chandler, who had been convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his girlfriend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“But when I ran into you murdering your phone—it was different. It felt real.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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