knell
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The move sounds the death knell for the upstart that sowed chaos in professional golf by plowing billions into the sport and poaching A-list players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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
Then, in the cold voice of an adder, “The bell invites me. Hear it not, Merlin, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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