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Recent Examples of kill off
Now, another fan-favorite character is in danger of getting killed off.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
But killing off the current information ecosystem means that AIs will increasingly ingest new content written by other AIs, because the humans who produced the content are gone or will be soon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2025
Another project: the return of the dodo, which was killed off about 350 years ago.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The New Directions sing various songs to honor the memory of Monteith's character Finn Hudson, who the creators killed off.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
But killing off the current information ecosystem means that AIs will increasingly ingest new content written by other AIs, because the humans who produced the content are gone or will be soon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2025
Another project: the return of the dodo, which was killed off about 350 years ago.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The New Directions sing various songs to honor the memory of Monteith's character Finn Hudson, who the creators killed off.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kill off
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But the best player on offense is also the one who best blots out the sun: 6-foot-6, 323-pound offensive guard Robert Hunt.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Aug. 2025
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The sturgeon moon will blot out all but the brightest shooting stars during the Perseid meteor shower’s peak night on Aug. 12-13, so it will be best seen in the last week or so of July.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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When was the last time the Miami Dolphins waived a player on cut down day and lived to regret it?—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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Their lighting company suggested striking a balance that would satisfy crowds and TV crews while cutting down spillover into the surrounding environment.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
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The hearty creatures, once systemically slaughtered by European settlers to the detriment of Native American tribes, are now grazing their way back from the brink of extinction.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
7 Aug. 2025
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Because of the spread, infected birds have been selectively slaughtered across the U.S., including sometimes millions of birds at a single location.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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There are two shots of what appears to be the famous Trojan Horse — Odysseus’ master plan to sneak Greek soldiers into Troy, massacre the soldiers and sack the city to win the war.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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Husseini repaid these favors by inciting more anti-Jewish riots, notably in Hebron in 1929, in which 67 Jews were massacred and hundreds more were injured.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Dry skies are returning to Kansas City on Tuesday, but folks living north of the metro might not want to put away their umbrellas just yet — showers and a few rumbles of thunder could roll through.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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Although some details differ from one district to the next, the new state law requires that students keep their phones put away from the beginning of the school day to the final bell.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Aug. 2025
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McClanahan and McChesney took out a $1,000,000 SBA 7 (a) small business loan, which required a down payment of around $112,000.—
Sophie Caldwell
Lauren Shamo,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, some teachers have seen roughly 35% in taxes and deductions taken out of their bonuses.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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No longer content to accuse Jews of killing individuals, the world now accuses the Jewish state of attempting to annihilate an entire population.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
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These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 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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