killed

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t clear how many people were killed in the operation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war on Friday, hours after rescue workers ended their search of a destroyed block of flats in Kyiv in which 24 people were killed, including three girls.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In a separate statement, the military said an Israeli soldier was killed in southern Lebanon, bringing the number of Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah since early March to 19.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

About 2,000 North Koreans have been killed in combat according to the South Korean spy agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

If he, who had advocated nonviolence rather than nationalism or separatism had been killed, what hope did the rest of us Negroes have?

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson