- present participle of kill.
killing
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The captain of an overloaded boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month, killing a woman and her 5-month-old infant, has been arrested by federal authorities and faces deportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Nobody will be bringing him in, much less killing him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Forth was so prolific at "filibustering" backbenchers bills that the Friday sessions in the House of Commons, where the bills are debated, gained the nickname "Eric Forth's killing fields".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many Flores residents have traumatic memories of another 7.7-magnitude quake that hit the island in 1992, triggering a tsunami and killing about 2,500.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Danvers think the Gantrys are killing their sheep.”
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
One of his first major campaigns challenged alleged extrajudicial killings of suspected poachers inside Kaziranga; his work later widened to evictions, land acquisition and compensation.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
For nearly three decades, a onetime Compton gang leader named Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been one of the most vocal theorists about one of the most debated celebrity killings ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Prosecutors opened a probe into the killings and the state government promised "an immediate and forceful response," while noting that violence like this had been on the decline.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Last month, Justice Secretary David Lammy announced plans to raise the minimum starting sentence for murdering a current or former partner to 25 years - in line with other premeditated killings.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The notion of the recent killings being the product of “age-old” hatred is therefore misleading.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
