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Our only response now is to tally up the psycho scoreboard on whose side the perp belongs to?—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025 -
After an exchange of blows and pepper-spray, the trespasser ran off through an emergency exit — but not before sources said the perp stole the supervisor’s keys.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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According to his campaign website, some of his goals include increasing police presence, protecting undocumented immigrants but deporting violent criminals, taxing the rich, and eliminating waste.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
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With the help of a charming and ethnically diverse array of loveable colleagues, Peralta brings down criminals in entirely bingeable 22-minute chunks.—
Maris Kreizman,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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In the twilight of her career, Parker still showed flashes of the once baby-haired assassin who shook up the WNBA.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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The Day of the Jackal follows a professional British assassin called the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), known only for his ruthless and mysterious methods, and Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch), an MI6 agent intent on hunting him down.—
Ryan Fleming,
Deadline,
19 June 2025
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Londoño describes how a gunman posing as law enforcement went to the homes of several state politicians, killing Hortman and her husband Mark and gravely injuring Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.—
Fiction Non Fiction
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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The gunman shot victim Tamika Powell in the head near the corner of Carlton Ave.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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The suspect was wanted on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon through the ATF in the Northern District of Texas, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Department of Correction.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2025
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Prosecutors said Gonzalez also was convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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To make matters even worse, snow pirates, survivalists, bandits, the colonial military force NEVEC, and other factions are fighting over land and resources.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
27 June 2025
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But the project is also right at home for Laika, as it’s set in a secret forest just outside of Laika’s home in Portland and follows a girl whose baby brother is taken into the forest, only to discover an exotic world of talking animals and bandits.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
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The sense of purpose that motivated Bush after 9/11, combined with his visceral antipathy to Saddam—who was, after all, one of the great malefactors of the modern age—brought moral clarity, as well as strategic myopia.—
Hal Brands,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Feb. 2023
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This keeps malefactors from abusing the service to snoop on private data other than their own.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025
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The tale follows an environmentalist princes and an outlaw, tackling themes of consumerism, bombs, love and royalty, among others.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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The band came together fast last year, after Neil’s amazing spring tour with his old outlaw pals in Crazy Horse.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2025
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“Perpetrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrator. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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