knell
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Mr. Trump spoke on Monday with Mr. Sharaa, and on Tuesday Mr. Barrack sounded a death knell for the SDF.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
“In California, that’s not a death knell, that’s a life force.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
They had rung the bells when King Robert died, she remembered, but this was different, no slow dolorous death knell but a joyful thunder.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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