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The press, however—fearing backlash to its positive depiction of interracial romance—rewrote the conclusion without Grey’s knowledge or consent, killing off Nophaie and the offending prospect of miscegenation.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Dang and Choi have visited coffee farms where drought has killed off arabica and robusta but left liberica trees hale and healthy—a promising sign for the bean’s commercial future.
—Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
The surprise story twist, which kills off the main character at the 47-minute mark, is one of the more influential sequences in all of cinema.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
One cloyingly adorable character is unceremoniously killed off largely as a plot device.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Dang and Choi have visited coffee farms where drought has killed off arabica and robusta but left liberica trees hale and healthy—a promising sign for the bean’s commercial future.
—Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
The surprise story twist, which kills off the main character at the 47-minute mark, is one of the more influential sequences in all of cinema.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
One cloyingly adorable character is unceremoniously killed off largely as a plot device.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kill off
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill%20off. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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