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Fillmore launched his career in the 1820s with the Anti-Masonic Party, hawking a paranoid rumour that ruling Freemasons were murdering whistleblowers.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2018

Many times in the course of the day he cried as if we were murdering him.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

Meantime, the frantic explanations of Louis that the Dahomeys were murdering his friend brought a greater and greater crowd to the corner of the enclosure.

From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)

With an expression on his face as though his own thoughts were murdering each other, Daniel looked into the corner from which Zephyr’s yellowish eyes were shining.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

The flagon they were murdering; they poured Into the cup, wild-eyed, the grape's red blood.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma