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Super-recognisers have previously been used in the hunt for the Salisbury Novichok poisoners, as well as to track the movements of the Hillsborough disaster victims.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023

But Judge Owen dismissed accounts from the accused poisoners that Mr. Litvinenko had ordered the tea in the Pine Bar himself.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

The station aired an interview with the two suspected poisoners, who claimed to be members of the fitness industry touring Salisbury to see the cathedral there.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

As far as I can remember, none of these poisoners ends up in jail, and the victims apparently sustain no lasting damage.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018

The power of the organic phosphates, those poisoners of the nerve-protective enzyme cholinesterase, may become greater if the body has first been exposed to a chlorinated hydrocarbon which injures the liver.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson