poisoner
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"His main gripe with me is that he'll go down in history as a poisoner," Navalny told the court scornfully.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2022
Mr. Navalny, who is known for his use of humor in politics, took to calling Mr. Putin “the poisoner of underpants.”
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021
Making his novel debut at the lively age of 89, Fo’s “The Pope’s Daughter” offers a studied reconsideration of Lucrezia’s life, swerving dramatically from accounts of her as “a monster, a poisoner, and a prostitute.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2015
"I think this rebuts all the speculation. No mother would send her son to be educated by the alleged poisoner of her husband. This is a very powerful testimonial."
From Reuters • Jan. 30, 2014
“Then the poisoner didn’t know Slughorn very well,” said Hermione, speaking for the first time in hours and sounding as though she had a bad head cold.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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