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• Air space can be the death of a cooler, because the ice (and ice packs) will be used to cool the air.
  — Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
• Air space can be the death of a cooler, because the ice (and ice packs) will be used to cool the air.
  — Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
• This cheap season won’t be the death of the national past time.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2020
• These squabbles can sometimes be the death of the weaker sibling.
  — Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2015
• Gawain is an instant celebrity in the kingdom, and a year later, Gawain heads off on a quest that could be the death of him.
  — Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021
• One of the biggest trends business owners will see over the next couple of years will be the death of passwords.
  — Gene Marks, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• No one knows yet whether the commission’s decision will be the death of the city’s Broadway project.
  — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
• This could be the death of a relationship, job, friendship.
  — Cheyenne M. Davis, refinery29.com, 17 May 2022
• Smoking is now restricted to outside, a small price to pay during what could be the death of dive bars.
  — Abby Dodge, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
• Should the punishment for disagreeing with the government be the death of your business?
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
• Smoking is now restricted to outside, a small price to pay during what could be the death of dive bars.
  — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Inaction will be the death of this country.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
• That a little unease won’t be the death of the reading experience?
  — James Folta, Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
• For This One last murder might just be the death of her.
  — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025