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Recent Examples of triggermanJoe Budden is skeptical that Tory Lanez was the triggerman with intentions of shooting Megan Thee Stallion during the dispute in 2020 that led to the Canadian singer being sentenced to a decade behind bars.—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024 One suspect has been charged but the triggerman is still being sought, as is the gunman who fatally shot another man seven minutes earlier a few blocks away.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024 The other two defendants in the murder are Caleb Leyland and alleged triggerman Kayden McIntosh.—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024 All three men were arrested shortly after the killing, but police failed to book Gilbert on a murder warrant, according to Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, whose office is representing Mitchell and has fingered Gilbert at the triggerman.—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for triggerman
Released in the height of the true crime-craze, real-life murders and murderers were depicted, including Charles Manson and David Berkowitz.
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Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
21 June 2025
Tony Crane, who plays JJ’s estranged father/murderer Chandler Groff, and Cullen Moss, who plays Sheriff Victor Shoupe, have been upped to series regular for Season 5, TVLine has learned.
Alpha Slow Horse agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) unravels the connection between himself and the former CIA operative-turned-mercenary (Hugo Weaving) who’s raised an entire brood of psychopathic assassins.
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Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
Carey plays the role of the relentless assassin well.
More Stories The ideal for submarine commanders is a robot that doesn't need special handling and can be loaded aboard like a torpedo, then launched from a standard torpedo tube and recovered through the same tube after its mission has been completed.
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David Szondy
June 21,
New Atlas,
21 June 2025
In southwest London’s Royal Bushy Park, a Cold War-era torpedo testing site has been reimagined as a striking six-bedroom home.
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