kill
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“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Balloon fragments are the marine debris most likely to kill seabirds that eat it, according to a recent study, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I'm innocent. I ain't killed nobody. Never did ever kill nobody," Davis said in March 2025 in an interview from prison with ABC News.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Bundibugyo variant replicates more slowly than other lethal strains, meaning it can spread farther and kill more people before burning out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Oh god. My mom is going to kill me. She’s probably inventing a device right now so she can punish me for the rest of my life.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Benesh closed with 14 kills and eight blocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
If successful, the strategy could eventually offer a new way to combat an HIV epidemic that still kills about 600,000 people worldwide every year.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The virus that sparked a global pandemic still regularly infects, disables and kills hundreds of people per week.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s a big issue: The flu kills tens of thousands of Americans each year.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Blepharismin causes no trouble unless the animal swims into sunlight, but then the pigment kills it outright.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Young adults respond rationally to inflation and stagnant wages” doesn’t inspire quite the same existential panic as “Gen Z killed nightlife,” but it’s probably closer to the truth.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said the body of a fourth pilot, Majid Kazemi, was returned after he was killed in the same operation on 2 March 2026 - the third day of the war.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The story went that some hero had killed a giant nearby, and as the monster fell to the ground, one of its hands crushed a few acres of trees, clearing room for the town.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
This week: The Treasury Department announced it’s killing an anti-corruption measure that requires shell companies to identify their beneficiaries.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
The killing of Thompson, 50, came as other top executives at UnitedHealth Group, parent of the largest U.S. health insurer, were getting ready for an investor presentation inside Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York in 2024, are meeting federal prosecutors on Friday amid US media reports about a potential plea agreement.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
George Yount, whose name adorns Yountville, wrote of seeing 50 or 60 bears one day, and killing five or six of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But Miss Rossit and I both agreed that we might end up killing the trees in the process, not to mention other creatures.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
