death knell
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If “Superman” had opened to critical and commercial failure, it would have been a death knell for the modern superhero genre as we know it.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
The move sounds the death knell for the upstart that sowed chaos in professional golf by plowing billions into the sport and poaching A-list players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Changing consumer tastes also spelled the death knell for the retailer, which has struggled like many High Street firms.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
Consequently, we do not have to wait until the publication of Geoffroy’s table in 1718 to hear the death knell of alchemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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