kill

Example Sentences

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An Indian man accused of plotting to kill a Sikh separatist leader in New York City has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges in a federal court.

From BBC

Anderson plays the children's mother, whose presence intrudes into the family's lives despite her apparently having been killed by wolves.

From Barron's

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was almost certainly killed by a poison derived from a rare frog toxin in an Arctic prison colony two years ago, several European governments said Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a radio quiz show: for $10,000, who killed Alexander Hamilton?

From Los Angeles Times

In September, mere hours after Charlie Kirk was killed, Patel prematurely announced a suspect had been apprehended — only to have to backtrack when authorities had taken the wrong man into custody.

From Salon