be killed
Example Sentences
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Shari and I were kind of hoping that we were going to come out of that meeting with the news that the show was going to be killed.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
When he got the news that he would not be killed, he collapsed to the ground.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
That awareness of the risk makes it even more surprising that some of the most senior people in the Iranian regime were meeting on Saturday morning - allowing so many to be killed.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Mr. Ireland draws the reader’s sympathy toward Trotsky, to a point, as an old man out of the game who did not deserve to be killed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
They must get the Fleece at once, she told them, and then make all haste away or they would be killed.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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