be killed
Example Sentences
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But Trump gave no names, saying: "I don't want him to be killed."
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
When he got the news that he would not be killed, he collapsed to the ground.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
That awareness of the risk makes it even more surprising that some of the most senior people in the Iranian regime were meeting on Saturday morning - allowing so many to be killed.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“I intended the patient should die by nature,” he later wrote, “rather than be killed by art.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
“So you—you can’t be killed because Alcyoneus has captured Death, is that it?”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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