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Recent Examples of kill off
Will July completely kill off the ubiquitous AirTag?
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
By putting the pension reform on the chopping block, Lecornu threatens to kill off one of Macron’s main economic legacies at a time when France’s public finances are in a perilous state, leaving the president with little in the way of domestic achievements after eight years in office.
—CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Maybe, in the future, diabetes and obesity will kill off those who really enjoy fat and sugar, and so change the reward system.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
In an interview with Deadline, Marinis explained the decision to kill off a doctor, the choice of Monica, were others considered and how Monica’s ending fit the character’s history of putting her patients first.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
By putting the pension reform on the chopping block, Lecornu threatens to kill off one of Macron’s main economic legacies at a time when France’s public finances are in a perilous state, leaving the president with little in the way of domestic achievements after eight years in office.
—CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Maybe, in the future, diabetes and obesity will kill off those who really enjoy fat and sugar, and so change the reward system.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
In an interview with Deadline, Marinis explained the decision to kill off a doctor, the choice of Monica, were others considered and how Monica’s ending fit the character’s history of putting her patients first.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Apart from Ciri, who assumed the fake name Falka and spent the season with the group, the Rats are extremely dead — not just slaughtered by Leo Bonhart but decapitated with each of their heads sawed off and dumped into a barrel for preservation.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Despite the fact ostrich feathers can be harvested without slaughtering, Collective Fashion Justice published research in 2023 that found all ostrich feather production systems ultimately kill the bird.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The region experienced some of its worst ethnic violence in 2023, with hundreds of individuals from non-Arab ethnic groups massacred by the RSF and forces linked to it.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hunters would massacre entire colonies during this vulnerable period, wiping out two generations at once.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Evening Tasks After dinner, closing the house for the night would include making sure the kitchen was entirely tidy (including floors) and everything was put away.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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The 49ers’ coaches won’t like that Bethune and his mates couldn’t put away Dart and a weaponless Giants offense late in the game.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The number of homebuyers taking out VA loans also increased in August, rising 3 percent year-over-year nationwide—bucking the trend observed for conventional loans, which declined 9 percent year-over-year in the same month.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most students take out loans to repay these fees, which now become repayable once the salary of a graduate reaches £25,000.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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In theory, a superintelligent AI would pursue its own goals, and if those goals are incompatible with sustaining human life, we will be annihilated.—
Andrea Miotti,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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It's designed to match players of similar skills into game lobbies and create a gameplay experience that doesn't pit new or casual players against hard-core players or pros who will likely annihilate them.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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Leganes’ Oscar Rodriguez learned this the hard way in May, getting bumped off the ball with the sort of front-footed tackle Agoume enjoys.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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YouTube continues to rake in money from advertisers worldwide, with the video giant’s ad revenue reaching $8.93 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 10.3% year over year — a solid double-digit bump off an already large haul.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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Cormican and sheriff’s deputies spent that afternoon traveling back and forth across the lake at about four miles an hour, as if mowing a lawn, pulling the towfish on a cable behind them.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Keep your lawn mowed regularly and remove leaf litter that can provide cover.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Kill off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kill%20off. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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