coup de grâce

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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

Clarence Seedorf then beat Edwin van der Sar from the edge of the area and Alberto Gilardino provided the coup de grace.

From BBC • May 6, 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

The mall was the final coup de grace for the downtown area, taking with it the Sears and the Penney’s and leaving behind the dirty bookstores.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger