as in murders
the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering
Some called her death a mercy killing.
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As this increasingly audacious killer develops a devoted following among the city’s powerless, Bishop becomes convinced these murders connect back to SF’s most powerful man, his own father, Lincoln Graves (Malkovich).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
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Her debut, Leaving Atlanta, narrates the Atlanta child murders committed between 1979 and 1981—when Jones herself was growing up there—through the eyes of child protagonists whose mix of knowing and naivete would be at home in the work of Henry James.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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She was weakened politically by her handling of the devastating Palisades fire but has touted reductions in homicides and homelessness.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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But then the day that this film got to the peak of its accolades and recognition in the world was exactly the peak of the massacres happening in Iran.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The massacres perpetrated by the Islamic regime disqualify it and require that the voice be given back to the people.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Mercy killings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercy%20killings. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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