coup de grace
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Having Deborah decide to prolong her life with chemo because she could not resist mining this final seam of comedic gold was a coup de grace.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
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
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
But in a final judicial coup de grâce, no evidence of official acts may be introduced in such prosecutions—again, no matter how corrupt the official acts.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025
Having marched down the field inexorably, the final coup de grâce, if not inevitable, is less surprising than an EPL goal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
The Brit takes on corruption, desperation and hackery with impeccable timing and a feather-light coup de grâce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
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
