coup de grace
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And just like in the first, fifth and sixth frames, Zhao ruthlessly won them all ruthlessly and he applied the coup de grace with his sixth half century of the match.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 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
The coup de grace came Thursday in a 6-4 Oilers’ win at a raucous Rogers Place, which has become a house of horrors for the Kings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
And then Walz delivered the coup de grace by bringing up the absence of Mike Pence:
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024
Everybody was waiting for the coup de grace, like the people at a Roman amphitheatre or at a Spanish bull-fight and everybody was sure that Lancelot would give in.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
After gradually eliminating his cut-swing problems over the last few weeks, Sunday’s four-hit performance felt like Freeman’s coup de grâce.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025
But the coup de grâce goes to whoever moved Grosjean’s scooter atop the iconic pagoda inside Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
But then so much of what constitutes soccer goes unseen: a forward pulling and stretching a back line, softening up a defender, priming them for the coup de grâce.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
Then, in a coup de grâce, they crush competitors with falling nuts and fronds.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 27, 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
