coup de grâce
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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
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
The coup de grace came from Brook, who had a poor T20 World Cup and, with only one Test cap to his name, could easily have been moved aside to accommodate England's spin-bowling all-rounders.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2022
As the program developed, however, it was more like a coup de grace for an already ailing district.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
