be killed
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His attorneys had argued that the escape was instigated by a former Luster attorney who frightened him into running for his life, repeatedly telling him he’d be killed in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Not her, of course, but Claire Bennet — the Odessa, Texas high school cheerleader who couldn’t be killed.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
So the Sora video-generating app was canceled, and my guess is the Atlas browser—plus a mysterious hardware device by designer diva Jony Ive—may be the next to be killed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
When he got the news that he would not be killed, he collapsed to the ground.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
But Sun Man knew Kaup’a’ta was magical and he couldn’t be killed anyway.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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