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What has Roxie — whose crime turns her into a celebrity until a new murderess steals the spotlight — taught Leavitt about fame?
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Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
After Hunnam's turn leading the Monster franchise, Ella Beatty will step in for season 4 when the show focuses on Lizzie Borden, a 19th-century accused (but acquitted) murderess.
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Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
After Hunnam's turn leading the Monster franchise, Ella Beatty will step in for season 4 when the show focuses on Lizzie Borden, a 19th-century accused (but acquitted) murderess.
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Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderess
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There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers.
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It was censored in France, and later linked to a real-life murderer.
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These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
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As a pirate assassin and post-apocalyptic warrior, Krem of the Yellow Hills connects with Aries.
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“Murderess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderess. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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