knell
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon • May 19, 2026
People on the internet seem to be taking Lindy West’s memoir as millennial feminism’s final death knell.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Now, many are wondering: Is the death knell finally tolling for the Cuban Revolution?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
It announced, Ms. Newman writes, the “death knell to any remaining attachment to the inherited ideals of the Greek notion of beauty.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
On Old Wyk her uncle’s hellhom had blown a death knell for her dreams, and now Hagen was sounding what might well be her last hour on earth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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