kill
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The research team also demonstrated that medications already in use could enhance the ability of these immune cells to kill cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
"If you don't listen to me, how can you come and kill my business, destroy my family's, my livelihood?" he asked.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The question we should be asking isn’t whether AI will kill us or save us, but rather: Are we using the right language to understand AI safety?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I was really curious to learn: Why did they kill this guy?”
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
To his surprise he found that it was not an old kill after all.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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“In biomechanics, in human physiology, what kills you is routine,” Bermon says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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
"It kills me that the worst day of my life was just a normal Wednesday for everyone else," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A chemical that kills immediately could eliminate exposed termites before they have much opportunity to interact with nestmates.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
And if he does, strep can’t be what kills him.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
Interest in a witness to a murder trial reached a fever pitch after Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
The story went that some hero had killed a giant nearby, and as the monster fell to the ground, one of its hands crushed a few acres of trees, clearing room for the town.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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A magnitude seven earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens of others, according to Chinese state media reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
And he goes, “Hey, man, you’re killing, bro. You’re having good sets. Next time I’m gonna give you eight minutes. You’re not gonna take pictures anymore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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
For Dimon, that starts with killing internal spin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
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