as in murdering
to put to death deliberately
these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way
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Worthington plays David Burroughs, a man wrongfully serving a life sentence for murdering his son.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026 -
Hunter was convicted of murdering Green — who knew him only as his alias, Michael Berry — 24 years after her body was found in the trunk of her own car in the parking lot of a Walgreen’s store in Sanford.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2026
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Yes, assassinating their leaders might have played into that.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
25 May 2026
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Mangione is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.—
Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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Such declines are evident, in part, through a sharp decrease in developers taking out building permits from City Hall for new construction, per the report.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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Opening statements were set for Thursday in the murder trial of a former Texas high school athlete accused of taking out a knife during a track meet and fatally stabbing a 17-year-old competitor from a rival team in the stadium's bleachers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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Amara Marluke, 19, was attending Portland State University and was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Keenan Harpole, then 20, before her slaying in April 2022.—
Corin Cesaric,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was created in response to two gunmen allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group slaying 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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Laundry — the end-to-end folding and putting away — is genuinely, profoundly hard.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The people who actually helped her were the ones who made the decision themselves—dropping off dinner, sending a gift card, showing up to organize the house, or putting away the baby gifts that had already arrived.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 May 2026
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Instead of independently designing and optimizing individual components and then connecting and calibrating them, GM can now simultaneously balance airflow and refrigerant behavior with cabin comfort, doing in days or hours what used to take months or weeks.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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What Dobeš is doing in these playoffs has put him in that group.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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And many marketing teams are still executing against a map of a territory that has already morphed.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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What appears to be a Unitree G1 humanoid robot wearing a blue clown wig can be seen confidently executing a roundhouse kick — squarely in the stomach of a young child in the audience, causing the kid to double over in pain.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
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Now three weeks into jogging on his full body weight, Kittle is looking forward to getting cleared for football movements — run blocking, pass protection, route running, and rust knocking off.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Chris Curry’s club got to this point by sweeping the Hattiesburg Regional, knocking off host Southern Miss on Friday and then beating Jacksonville State on Saturday and Sunday.—
Mitch Light,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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“Bumping off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumping%20off. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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