slayer

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Appeared in the March 6, 2026, print edition as 'A Tyrant Slayer Who Looks Like a Tyrant'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Commenting on the family's Instagram announcement, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar wrote that she is "so sad for your beautiful family".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Motion picture — animated “Arco” “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” “Elio” “KPop Demon Hunters” “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” “Zootopia 2”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Slayer rules come into play whenever someone who would otherwise inherit assets from an estate is convicted of or found liable for murder, and the slayer is entitled to inherit from the victim.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

My surroundings made me feel like I was in a low-budget sword-and-sorcery flick, like Hawk the Slayer or The Beastmaster.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline