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as in headaches
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer
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as in murderers
a person who kills another person
gunned down by hired killers
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Recent Examples of killers
Save the names of the killers and abusers.
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Still, Capote felt sure that the killers’ luck had run out.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
The killers were heralded as heroes, but time has changed that view, and the national historic site was created in 2007 to commemorate the killings.
—R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
While the fixation on high-profile killers predates the internet, the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 ushered in a new era of fandom.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Capote had written, in unsettling detail, about the hanging of two killers, Dale Hickock and Perry Smith.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
But Minnesota’s penalty killers, ranked atop the NHL when playing on the road, held the Kraken harmless.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Aldis Hodge as the detective and forensic psychologist who looks into the minds of killers to catch them goes on the hunt in the second season trailer for Cross for a ruthless vigilante pursuing a billionaire businessman tied to the murder of a playboy.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Some experts say the return of social services and other programs that held communities together before the 2020 pandemic was a driving factor in the recent turnaround; others point to technological advancements that help police catch more killers.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Still, Capote felt sure that the killers’ luck had run out.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
The killers were heralded as heroes, but time has changed that view, and the national historic site was created in 2007 to commemorate the killings.
—R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
While the fixation on high-profile killers predates the internet, the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 ushered in a new era of fandom.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Capote had written, in unsettling detail, about the hanging of two killers, Dale Hickock and Perry Smith.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
But Minnesota’s penalty killers, ranked atop the NHL when playing on the road, held the Kraken harmless.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Aldis Hodge as the detective and forensic psychologist who looks into the minds of killers to catch them goes on the hunt in the second season trailer for Cross for a ruthless vigilante pursuing a billionaire businessman tied to the murder of a playboy.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Some experts say the return of social services and other programs that held communities together before the 2020 pandemic was a driving factor in the recent turnaround; others point to technological advancements that help police catch more killers.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killers
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From plane seatback organizers to carry-on cup holders, these accessories can save you from boarding delays and other headaches—starting at $9.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The decades-old technology struggles to account for last-minute payroll changes and that can create all sorts of headaches for employees and departments alike.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The real horror is that the murderers are so thoroughly human.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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And, of course, Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders, whose Shelby family of murderers and miscreants amassed such a cult following over six seasons that the series is getting its own movie in March.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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That said, many of the gains players made here won’t dramatically affect their bottom lines, and the reality is that most players on ECHL deals will still need those second jobs and other sources of income to continue to chase their dream of making it to the next level.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Both Tong and his counterpart in Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter Neronha, followed up with their own request on Monday which reiterated the developers’ claim that federal intervention risks raising costs for electric customers while upending thousands of local jobs.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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When a father seeking vengeance, an American operative experiencing a string of bad luck, and several independent assassins hailing from around the world all end up on the same bullet train bound for Kyoto, the results are violent — and the survivors minimal.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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The situation gets more complex with the addition of a bunch of oddball assassins trying to murder the neighbor, plus other mysterious and shady types like his former associate Laverne (Weaver).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Killers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killers. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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