coup de grace
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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
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 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
Viktor & Rolf’s coup de grâce was the Instagram-ready moment featuring a model adorned with a headless male mannequin in a tuxedo, perched on her shoulders.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 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
Once again, Mané had delivered the coup de grâce.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
But the coup de grâce of Wednesday’s great public truthout was U.S.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2021
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
