1
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
This forces penalty killers to respect him as a shooting option instead of sitting on Geekie and Pastrnak.
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
This finding was used to support Tarvey’s argument that there were two killers in the house that night, a notion that prosecutors reject in the filing by saying a single individual can carry out two different types of attacks.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Central to the case is Ron Bishop, a fourteen-year-old boy questioned alone by white detective Donald Kincaid and pressured into identifying the Harlem Park Three as the killers.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
The two embark on a dangerous mission to find out what happened and bring the killers to justice.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
This year, when healthy, Desharnais has been a physical force and one of the Sharks’ top penalty killers.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Black women don’t tend to be serial killers.
—Yohana Desta, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
The series follows a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.
—Peter White, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
Serial killers like Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer—a different kind of monster, and very real, who haunt my home state just the same.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
This finding was used to support Tarvey’s argument that there were two killers in the house that night, a notion that prosecutors reject in the filing by saying a single individual can carry out two different types of attacks.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Central to the case is Ron Bishop, a fourteen-year-old boy questioned alone by white detective Donald Kincaid and pressured into identifying the Harlem Park Three as the killers.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
The two embark on a dangerous mission to find out what happened and bring the killers to justice.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
This year, when healthy, Desharnais has been a physical force and one of the Sharks’ top penalty killers.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Black women don’t tend to be serial killers.
—Yohana Desta, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
The series follows a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.
—Peter White, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
Serial killers like Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer—a different kind of monster, and very real, who haunt my home state just the same.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killers
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Disney’s post-Iger leaders will face number of headaches, including managing ongoing declines in linear TV, coping with the surging cost of sports rights and refining the strategy in streaming.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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But there is a fundamental belief that wavering from its plan, one that has already stretched the team to its limit, would have caused further headaches down the road.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers do not announce themselves or surrender voluntarily.—
Eric Balliet,
Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2026
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State leaders must deploy the National Guard and use every tool at their disposal to protect civilians from these murderers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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That should also decrease the likelihood of mass layoffs or displacement, giving workers a chance to find jobs elsewhere.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Weaver interviewed for a half dozen head coaching jobs in this cycle, but did not interview for the Dolphins’ head job.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Based on the novel by Stephen King, The Running Man is a dystopian sci-fi movie about a reality TV show where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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In the first season of action thriller A Shop For Killers, Kim Hye-jun starred as Jeong Ji-an, a college student who must fight off a bevy of highly skilled assassins while trying to get to the bottom of her uncle’s death.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
14 Jan. 2026
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