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The Oilers killed off three of four attempts by the Flames.—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Those conditions were rejected, and it was agreed that John Dutton’s character would be killed off in the first episode of the second half of season five.—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025 Then in September, the show killed off its first major character, surgeon Doug McBride (Jason Graham).—Claire Franken, TVLine, 6 Oct. 2025 As such, they are promptly killed off.—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kill off
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