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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
As part of his guilty plea, Heuermann agreed to cooperate fully with the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit to help catch other serial killers.
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Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Salas was pronounced dead at the scene, and in the years since, investigators have been unable to track down his killers.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
But prosecutor Wu introduced a photo showing Solages speaking on a phone, standing next to a man in camouflage, hours after the exchange and as police were trying to find the president’s killers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors now had to prove that Kim was fully aware of the plot, was an active participant and aided and abetted the killers.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Detroit’s penalty-killers kept the Wild off the board for the next two minutes, but the teams had been back to 5-on-5 for just six seconds when Tarasenko hit a tiny gap over the goalie’s shoulder for a 3-1 Minnesota lead.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
One of the world's most prolific serial killers, Bundy confessed to murdering at least 30 women and young girls between 1974 and 1978, and investigators suspect that there may be many more victims, as the extent of his crimes (which also included rape and kidnapping) isn't fully known.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
But White Noise isn’t just about the brains of serial killers.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Bundy was one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers, with at least 30 women and girls’ deaths linked to him in several states in the 1970s.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Salas was pronounced dead at the scene, and in the years since, investigators have been unable to track down his killers.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
But prosecutor Wu introduced a photo showing Solages speaking on a phone, standing next to a man in camouflage, hours after the exchange and as police were trying to find the president’s killers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors now had to prove that Kim was fully aware of the plot, was an active participant and aided and abetted the killers.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Detroit’s penalty-killers kept the Wild off the board for the next two minutes, but the teams had been back to 5-on-5 for just six seconds when Tarasenko hit a tiny gap over the goalie’s shoulder for a 3-1 Minnesota lead.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
One of the world's most prolific serial killers, Bundy confessed to murdering at least 30 women and young girls between 1974 and 1978, and investigators suspect that there may be many more victims, as the extent of his crimes (which also included rape and kidnapping) isn't fully known.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
But White Noise isn’t just about the brains of serial killers.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Bundy was one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers, with at least 30 women and girls’ deaths linked to him in several states in the 1970s.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killers
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The event’s ticket policies are also a common point of discussion, one that causes frequent headaches and confusion for organizers and fans alike.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The war also caused gasoline and diesel prices to surge, causing further headaches for farmers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The meeting ended—the first where the Young Lords and community people had done a fine job of exposing the real criminals and murderers in the streets of our communities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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The act allowed murderers’ bodies to be claimed by anatomists for research.—
Tara Ramanathan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Clairton plant provides 1,200 manufacturing jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue to the area.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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New Gallup polling finds that while more employees are using AI frequently in their work, there’s been an uptick in alarm that new technologies will replace their jobs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2026
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Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Killers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killers. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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