killed
Example Sentences
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Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, held a ceremony to honour the passengers and crew members killed aboard the plane.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Al-Qaeda meanwhile marked the anniversary by releasing a video showing images of the late Bin Laden and his son Hamza, who Trump said in 2019 had also been killed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
A total of 2,977 people were killed that day in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
More than 2,000 U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan, and more than 20,000 injured.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
“This is my dad. He was killed by an elephant when I was thirteen. He was quite a guy too.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
