HORROR SHOWS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

horror shows

noun

plural of horror show

as in pains

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Noun

Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, then 46, died in 2025 after complaining of severe chest pains.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
And Ford’s Bergg took pains to emphasize that its low price wasn’t coming from where customers would notice.

— Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

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Disturbing jailhouse conversations don’t connect mother to murders Allegations of drug abuse and child neglect against Marcee Gray were already well established by the time her son Colt entered guilty pleas on 55 counts.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Bryan Kohberger took the motive for the Idaho murders to his prison cell.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of murders

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For example, some are tapping into the devices for mental health advice while the robots are casually wandering around the house and doing everyday chores for the homeowner.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Lower after-school expectations Be thoughtful about overscheduling children with after-school chores as well as extracurricular activities since this is the point in the day where their ability to self-regulate is maxed out.

— Liz Regalia, Parents, 2 Aug. 2026

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Then there’s the Trawler, part of the nouvelle vague of Los Angeles serial killers operating in Charles Manson’s wake — peer to the Night Stalker and the Hillside Strangler — and prefacing his grotesque murders with sadistic taunting.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Discoloration to Your Driveway Commercial weed killers can stain driveways by leaving behind white chalky residues, bleaching the stone, or damaging protective surface sealers.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 31 July 2026

Definition of killers

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But on Monday one of the bigger beasts of Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius, came out guns blazing at Warsh.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
In September, the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival brings in more than 20,000 spectators who line a hillside to watch riders corral the majestic beasts.

— Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026

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