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kill

[kil] / kɪl /




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He has 40 years of experience and a Rolodex people would kill for, and I’m sure he could bring in $100,000 or $120,000 working from the home office and choosing his clients.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Because phages are highly selective, laboratories must test whether a candidate virus can kill the specific bacterial strain involved in an infection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

I learned that if that feeling is happening, don’t kill the idea because you’re scared of it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Doomers have quit the labs and warned that self-improving AI might kill us all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The French weren’t barbarians—there was no need to kill anyone—but they were ridiculously brave.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

Some held signs with slogans including "horse racing kills", "don't bet on cruelty" and "no more whips".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Although this sacrifice kills the individual cell, it prevents the virus from producing more copies and infecting nearby bacteria, helping protect the larger colony.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Compared with other illnesses, the plague isn’t much of a problem these days: Each year the regular old flu kills many thousands of people in the United States alone.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

That ethereal, ambient thing at the end kills me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“If it kills him I have to. I have the choice,” and he smiled sadly and quoted, “ ‘If there’s blame, it’s my blame.’

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

A total of 456 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Bulgaria in 2025 -- down five percent from the previous year and 27 percent lower than in 2019.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Last year, the company could slaughter about 28,000 cattle a day, roughly a quarter of all killed in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Macau and neighbouring Hong Kong were once the only places on Chinese soil that permitted public mourning for those killed.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Four victims are Polish, while a British national and an Austrian woman were also killed.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

“You’ve all killed me! That’s what you’ve done. I hate water. It’s a very terribly nasty thing.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

This was a rescue story, but also one of a drone nearly killing a man and another drone saving him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

They can be programmed to attack harmful T cells without triggering the same problem of engineered T cells killing each other.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Some of my neighbours "made a killing" from the policy, in the words of my mum.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"Today I am acting on my long and deeply held conviction that individually and collectively we are stronger as a society when we reject state-sanctioned killing," he wrote in a letter addressed "to all Californians."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

‘Look, if I tell you something, you must promise not to say a word, okay? I’ve been sworn to secrecy, but it’s killing me!’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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