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Recent Examples of killings
Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killings
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Zell and the president of the Zell family office EGI, Mark Sotir, would push Swain to arrange transactions that raised the bar for capturing a share of the profits, but gave the management teams an even bigger score for fabulous results.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Except somewhere along the line the spending steamrolled ahead of the profits.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Police believe the unidentified murderer was responsible for at least five murders and up to 17 attacks.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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These details matter because the circumstance of the death – from accidents to malicious murders – could determine the size of the discount.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The company said all regions and channels delivered double-digit gains.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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After Trump won in 2024, Mamdani visited the same areas where Trump made record gains, pitching himself in social media videos as a candidate for mayor addressing affordability.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Off the field, players in Zissi’s program perform 80 hours of community service every year, beach cleanups, volunteering at the San Diego Food Bank, and partnering with Friends of Jaclyn, which pairs children with pediatric cancer with a sports team.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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More than 800 other people living in The Zone accepted services in the 2023 cleanups.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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And in September, there were two back-to-back prison massacres.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Romans were masters at using rewards and punishment to manage foreign states, from grants of citizenship to massacres of rebels.—
Barry Strauss,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Restoring degraded land offers similar payoffs.—
Kaveh Zahedi,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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The technologies are ready, the need is urgent, and the payoffs are immense.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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The city also saw its highest number of homicides in nearly three decades in 2022 (almost 50), The N&O reported.—
Evan Moore
October 31,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cheap, quiet, and available everywhere, it’s been used in countless homicides and suicides.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Moving forward, games that are either cheap to make or deemed more likely to generate significant revenue windfalls may take priority over riskier bets, said the people, while Xbox’s floundering hardware division may face a significant rethinking.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Critics blame them for rising electricity bills and strained water supplies, while supporters tout their potential to spur economic growth and deliver tax windfalls to long-stagnant communities.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Killings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killings. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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