kill
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"We never expected that a cell could just explode like a bomb and kill the cells surrounding it," said senior author Bo Wang, associate professor of bioengineering in the schools of Engineering and Medicine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Some information has been released to the public but it's not adding up. Those elephants have to eat a huge amount to kill them."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
All policy wonks worth their salt know there are a few ways to kill a government program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Already, mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 1 million people and infect about 700 million worldwide each year.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
I need it—today—because yesterday I was meaner than I’ve ever been to anyone; and ’cause tomorrow, Gillicut may kill me.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
The tech can be a game-changer for the socially awkward, but is also arguably a crutch that kills the possibility for memorable and unscripted moments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
If one of those changes allows a cell to survive a drug that kills other tumor cells, that resistant cell can continue multiplying.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Destruction and degradation of habitat kills threatened and endangered species just as surely as shooting them."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“This is so much better than that thing drenched in butter that I could hardly finish at the restaurant. And you know we can’t get food poisoning because the frying kills the germs,” she added.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A small group of cells suddenly burst open, released substances that killed nearby cells, and disappeared within five minutes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the state's worst-affected Sivasagar district, some 47 people have been killed as several areas remain under water.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Starbucks Korea had in May launched a coffee tumbler promotion called "Tank Day" on the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, where hundreds were believed to have been killed by military forces.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Out-of-service equipment managed by Southern California Edison started the deadly Eaton fire that killed 19 people and destroyed much of Altadena in January 2025, according to a long-awaited report by state and county fire officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The tamping iron has not killed him because the damage is limited to specific organs that are not critical to life.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
To be fair, retail and institutional investors have made a killing betting on state ownership.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The researchers then engineered the bean gum to contain protegrin, an antimicrobial peptide capable of killing harmful bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Chen said he had no idea what that information could have been, or if the killing was even connected to the business dispute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The family of murdered agent Denis Donaldson have said they are concerned that police ran checks on a reporter's mobile phone after he wrote a story on the killing.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“That’s why I’ve come. I know what’s really been killing Lkossans now.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
