coup de grace
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Having Deborah decide to prolong her life with chemo because she could not resist mining this final seam of comedic gold was a coup de grace.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Esmee Brugts opened the scoring in the second minute, with Kika Nazareth extending the lead before Putellas got her name on the scoreboard before Caroline Graham Hansen's coup de grace on the whistle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
Clarence Seedorf then beat Edwin van der Sar from the edge of the area and Alberto Gilardino provided the coup de grace.
From BBC ● May 6, 2025
And then Walz delivered the coup de grace by bringing up the absence of Mike Pence:
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024
As the program developed, however, it was more like a coup de grace for an already ailing district.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Having marched down the field inexorably, the final coup de grâce, if not inevitable, is less surprising than an EPL goal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
But the coup de grâce of Wednesday’s great public truthout was U.S.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2021
Then, in a coup de grâce, they crush competitors with falling nuts and fronds.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 27, 2020
Whatever the traumas that marked her early life, the coup de grâce, which she circles ceaselessly, is the loss of Lucy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
Soon the LEP would have no option but to launch their bio-bomb, and that was when Artemis Fowl would unveil his coup de grâce.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
