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The phrase "solve a killing" is not correct and may be confusing in written English.
It could be used in a context discussing crime or murder investigations, but it is not a standard expression. Example: "The detective was determined to solve a killing that had left the community in shock."
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In "Rizzoli & Isles," at 10, Maura (Sasha Alexander) draws on her knowledge of American history to solve a killing at the site of a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
Wind River (Dir: Taylor Sheridan) Sicario writer makes his directorial debut with a thriller about an FBI agent (Jeremy Renner) trying to solve a killing on a Native American reservation.
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She then turned to television detective work, solving a killing every week for 12 years and finding an entirely new audience on television's "Murder, She Wrote".
In "The Art of Political Murder," his first book of nonfiction, Goldman returns to Guatemala to try to solve a real killing, that of Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera, a Roman Catholic human rights advocate.
Solid police work and coordinated effort solve a series of killings with social implications in the fifth Inspector Hal Challis mystery by Disher, an Australian writer.
The police said today that they had solved a double killing that rocked the quiet town of Eastchester, N.Y., four years ago, when a 79-year-old man and his home health aide were stabbed and bludgeoned to death in his elegant house.
Holmes and Watson attempt to solve a series of grotesque killings that are terrifying the residents of a quaint country village in Canada.
Holmes and Watson end up working with Holmes even more brilliant brother, Mycroft, to solve a couple of grisly killings at Queen Victorias official residence in Edinburgh, Scotland, Holyroodhouse.
Mr. Montgomery cites this book — about a constable trying to solve a group of seemingly unconnected killings — as a sleeper that deserves wider attention.
Another killing won't solve a problem as old as our nation.
Hutchins and other squad members involved in the killing, Bouza said, "were trying to solve a complex, difficult problem that went awry".
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