death knell
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Changing consumer tastes also spelled the death knell for the retailer, which has struggled like many High Street firms.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Future Americans will probably spend even more time on digital devices than they do now, but it will not be the death knell of live entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
Consequently, we do not have to wait until the publication of Geoffroy’s table in 1718 to hear the death knell of alchemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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