killing fields

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Four Kenyans -- Victor, Mark, Erik and Moses -- recounted to AFP the web of deception that took them to the killing fields of Ukraine.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Now, Amila shows it to her own children — four and eight-years-old — who were born in America, thousands of miles from the camps and killing fields of Prijedor.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2025

In the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s, the signature drug-resistant pathogen to emerge was the bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

“Looking back on it, perhaps it was a vision of turning blood into wine, killing fields into vineyards and hatred into love,” Kühn said in an interview last week.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

Their floors were always collaged with stray bits of paper, and trapped flies waved for help from the gummy killing fields of their tabletops.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris