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kill

[kil] / kɪl /




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Does this AI want to kill you, neg you or put you through a mattress?

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

When used together, the drugs substantially increased the ability of gamma delta T cells to kill cancer cells in laboratory experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

So it was a relief to be put out of our misery as last Friday's literal yawn-fest came to its slow-burning conclusion; the traitorous trio eventually succeeding in their mission to kill in plain sight.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

E-bike and scooter crashes regularly kill riders and pedestrians without lawmakers imposing similar bans, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Yeah. Like why does everything want to kill me?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

She had 22 kills, 14 digs, six blocks and did not miss a single serve in the Jackrabbits’ five-set victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Effective-altruist organizations are “very committed to this concept of catastrophic risk and how do you prevent it. And one of the big areas of catastrophic risk would be AI kills everyone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

However, cardiovascular disease kills nearly 20 million people around the world each year, with atherosclerosis responsible for most of those deaths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Did you know malaria kills 1 child every 30 seconds somewhere in the world?”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Hundreds rallied across Syria on Friday condemning Israeli incursions in the country's south including one this week that killed a man with a disability, AFP correspondents and state media reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Earlier this month, he killed a water bill that would have given Native tribes a larger role in the state’s water policies.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

While the sending off of Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan killed the contest after 27 minutes, Bournemouth were by far the better side up until that point.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

While security experts fear they might have been killed, Salvadoran and U.S. officials believe all four survived the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The first to be killed by police was a twenty-four-year-old tailor named Günter Litfin, who jumped fully clothed into Berlin’s Spree River and tried to swim across the water separating East and West.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

A motive in the killing has not been made public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The outbreak began in DRC and has become the deadliest in the country's history, killing more than 4,000 people out of more than 9,000 confirmed cases since mid-May, according to health authorities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

As we discussed the possibility of AI saving lives, the rest of the world was more focused on AI killing us all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"We are alarmed by the continued deadly drone strikes across the country that are killing civilians, including children, and that are disrupting essential services," UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Tom, who believed that a lawman could usually “avoid killing if you didn’t lose your head,” later told a writer that he had heated discussions with this Ranger.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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