coup de grace

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Esmee Brugts opened the scoring in the second minute, with Kika Nazareth extending the lead before Putellas got her name on the scoreboard before Caroline Graham Hansen's coup de grace on the whistle.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

And then Walz delivered the coup de grace by bringing up the absence of Mike Pence:

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2024

Spin accounted for six of Australia's top seven - spearheaded by left-arm tweaker Ravindra Jadeja's 3-28 - paving the way for their quicks to later deliver the coup de grace.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

But he also said it was a labor of love, the natural career coup de grace for a lifetime hockey zealot.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

As the program developed, however, it was more like a coup de grace for an already ailing district.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson