torso
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Most disgracefully, despite Ness being charged with cleaning up Cleveland’s police force, the Torso Killer case drove him to engage in the same shady tactics he’d been hired to root out.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022
It’s not just the press who are engaged in an awkward song and dance — Stashower shows how the hunt for the Torso Killer prompted dark, vaudevillian activities by the Cleveland police.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022
Torso bent slightly over the table where she’s just finishing putting away the dishes, the young woman cocks her ear toward the window as if straining to overhear the astounding disclosure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2019
“You know, there’s not many ways in which one takes seriously the end of Rilke’s ‘Archaic Torso of Apollo,’ ” Sacks said.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
Torso swiveled to the left and leaning forward.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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