killing

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GM, for example, made about 1,000 “EV 1” electric cars in the late 1990s before killing the effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Hanan Balkhy, the WHO's regional director, described the killing of the contractor as "a devastating loss" and warned that the suspension of medical evacuations was "cutting off a critical pathway to care for patients".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Vescovi told Moss the killing looked like self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The federal trial of Luigi Mangione in the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been delayed further to January 2027, according to court documents filed on Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

At the end of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was killing about two million people a year, more adults than any other infectious disease except for AIDS.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French