snuffed out
Example Sentences
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He stepped down after the 2019-20 season and was named the organization’s music director laureate but the COVID-19 pandemic snuffed out the ambitious celebrations that were to mark his triumphs .
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Ollie Chessum bust a hole to spin the Italian defence, but the scramble snuffed out the danger.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Home sales have limped along since rising prices and mortgage rates snuffed out the pandemic’s ultrahot seller’s market several years ago.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Along with acknowledging the changes to the report, Moore also said the city failed to adequately ensure that the Jan. 1, 2025 Lachman fire was fully snuffed out.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
She wept not for Jordan, whose spark was finally snuffed out, but for all of the flames of pain and hatred he had caused.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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