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• This cheap season won’t be the death of the national past time.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2020
• 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
• The real reward for Hamas would be the death of a two-state outcome.
  — Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
• In fact, his legacy could well be the death of the two-state solution itself.
  — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2016
• These squabbles can sometimes be the death of the weaker sibling.
  — Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2015
• But the idea of turning each other into enemies is gonna be the death of us.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That a little unease won’t be the death of the reading experience?
  — James Folta, Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
• 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
• Oh, and her friendship with her best pal Needy (Amanda Seyfried) just might be the death of them both.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Should the punishment for disagreeing with the government be the death of your business?
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
• The fundamental theme of my essay was that identity politics could be the death of art.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2020
• Wednesday spent her summer getting a grip on those psychic powers, which we were warned would be the death of her but have actually caused her literally zero problems so far.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
• Housing markets across the United States are on fire; skyrocketing values may be the death of the 20% down payment.
  — David Rae, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• Many predicted that the onset of the global pandemic would prove to be the death of a few minor competitions in the soccer world, but so far the soccer world seems to be plowing ahead.
  — Jon Marthaler, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
• Far from home, Hatzin is often dwarfed by, and stranded in, these vistas, emphasizing his aloneness in an environment that might be where his father died, and might yet be the death of him.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021