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Because these proteins can disrupt bacterial membranes and kill cells, researchers are investigating whether they could be adapted into new antimicrobial treatments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

On set, the two had trailers that were next door to each other, and with time to kill between filming, they would head next door and chat for hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bedbugs have become resistant to modern insecticide sprays, which makes them very difficult to kill and having an infestation can have long-lasting effects, according to Naylor.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

He had other help, including a steadfast, church-going wife, and golf, “an addiction that wasn’t going to kill me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“We didn’t kill them on purpose. Smithy was trying to smoke some meat in his new kiln, and it suffocated the worms in the trees.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Some held signs with slogans including "horse racing kills", "don't bet on cruelty" and "no more whips".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“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

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

The emergence of hiv was subtle: it incubates for years in a human host before it kills the host.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The footage, from a camera on one of the killed police officers, shows residents of the southern village of Kamyshuvakha going to an underground shelter after the first attack on Monday.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The aunt of a University of Cambridge scientist killed in the Spanish rail disaster has paid an emotional tribute, describing her niece as "a light for all of us".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Spain will work "tirelessly" to restore confidence in its high-speed trains, the transport minister said Tuesday, after a collision last week killed 69 people in the country's second such disaster this year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The crash in Palm Beach County killed all nine people on board the Bahamas-bound business jet and injured a nearby driver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Though curiosity killed the cat, Beatrice and I followed.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Ghana's government has condemned the killing and said it was following the case closely to ensure justice.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

On Nov. 1, 2024, a canopy collapsed at the newly renovated train station in Serbia’s second city of Novi Sad, killing 16 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

India has vowed "swift action" after a cheetah was shot dead, the first such killing since the country began reintroducing the animals in 2022, the government said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

In L.A., police divisions that have long struggled with rates of killing — such as Southeast, 77th Street and Newton — again lead the city in homicides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

With a start, I realize that this garden is killing my inhibitions and judgment.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer