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[kil] / kɪl /




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On set, the two had trailers that were next door to each other, and with time to kill between filming, they would head next door and chat for hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The trial has been told that whether Williams carried out the attacks was not in question, but jurors must consider whether he intended to kill those individuals.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

He had other help, including a steadfast, church-going wife, and golf, “an addiction that wasn’t going to kill me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Does this AI want to kill you, neg you or put you through a mattress?

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The last time they’d shouted at each other, it was over Molly’s failed attempts to catch and kill the Son of Sam, and that had been in the ’70s.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Effective-altruist organizations are “very committed to this concept of catastrophic risk and how do you prevent it. And one of the big areas of catastrophic risk would be AI kills everyone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Compared with other illnesses, the plague isn’t much of a problem these days: Each year the regular old flu kills many thousands of people in the United States alone.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

"It kills me that the worst day of my life was just a normal Wednesday for everyone else," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That ethereal, ambient thing at the end kills me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“This is so much better than that thing drenched in butter that I could hardly finish at the restaurant. And you know we can’t get food poisoning because the frying kills the germs,” she added.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ultimately, the rushing attack killed the clock and clinched the win by grabbing one more touchdown on an 11-yarder by Junker with 40 seconds to play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

In June 2025, seven people were killed when a helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed near Kedarnath.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Another collision between two trains in the southern region of Andalusia in January killed 46 people on the same line linking Madrid to the city of Seville.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

With all men secure in their lairs, the official theory is that a woman killed Helen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

It was twelve days since the bear had killed Fa.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Rather than killing soldiers and destroying property, AI could increasingly influence an adversary’s capacity and willingness to continue fighting by disrupting economic activity, military production, logistics, communications and financial systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

India has vowed "swift action" after a cheetah was shot dead, the first such killing since the country began reintroducing the animals in 2022, the government said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

In L.A., police divisions that have long struggled with rates of killing — such as Southeast, 77th Street and Newton — again lead the city in homicides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Provincial police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda told the BBC they cannot speculate on the motive for the killing in Durban and that more information would be shared once verified.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ophie couldn’t imagine old Mrs. Caruthers killing anyone, especially Clara.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland


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