killing

Example Sentences

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Hedge funds are making a killing in the golden age of AI hardware.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

The extent to which white-tailed eagles are killing lambs, or whether they are mostly taking carcasses of already dead animals, remains a source of disagreement between many farmers and conservationists.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

On the day I visited, Babcock’s businesses were full of people killing time before the evening’s Billie Eilish concert.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

An outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has so far infected eight people, killing three of them: a German woman and a Dutch couple.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

As a former deputy sheriff in the wild Badlands of the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt, however, believed that killing Julio was justified.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple