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The power play, the Wild’s saving grace in their first few games, is now in an 0-for-11 funk (The Devils have killed off 21 straight power plays).
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
These happen when temperatures persistently fall below 28 degrees, which kills off the majority of plants, plants, crops and insects.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
This phenomenon comes thanks to a li'l thing known as allelopathy, an offensive mechanism in which plants (or other organisms) release biochemicals that kill off other competing plants in the immediate vicinity.
—Ben Coxworth
october 20, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Will July completely kill off the ubiquitous AirTag?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
These happen when temperatures persistently fall below 28 degrees, which kills off the majority of plants, plants, crops and insects.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
This phenomenon comes thanks to a li'l thing known as allelopathy, an offensive mechanism in which plants (or other organisms) release biochemicals that kill off other competing plants in the immediate vicinity.
—Ben Coxworth
october 20, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Will July completely kill off the ubiquitous AirTag?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill%20off. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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