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The bacteria makes it harder for the insects to spread the virus, rather than kill them off.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

When drug-resistant E. faecium was treated with both vancomycin and pghi-4, the antibiotic regained its ability to kill the bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

It's not the first time the cattle-farming politician has fallen foul of man's best friend -- he once threatened to kill Johnny Depp's dogs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche sits for a largely symbolic spectacle of a confirmation hearing; ICE agents kill two more men in Texas and Maine; and 12 states sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

They mostly played lacrosse, the elk, a game that would pretty much instantly kill any monitor lizard who tried to join in.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Destruction and degradation of habitat kills threatened and endangered species just as surely as shooting them."

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The existing 15-year baseline sentence will still apply in cases where a victim of domestic abuse kills their abuser, which the department said was an "important safeguard to further protect victims".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Major fish kills have occurred before as well, including in 1976 and 2018.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

“But what if — what if it kills you?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The figure was released as Japan sweltered in a heatwave that has killed at least 14 people over the past week.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

“It is really a miracle that no one was killed doing this, but thank God nobody was, and we’re not going to get anybody hurt taking it off either.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

He said the forthcoming inquests into the deaths of Cravitz and Daulby, the two men killed in the synagogue attack, will examine "all aspects of the attack".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

By a vote of 217-212, the House killed the amendment sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Sadako’s friends began to dream of building a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atom bomb.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

For one, the Kirk killing was destined to become tied up with the internet’s passion for true crime.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

Whereas attacks on mariners from other countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, have been widely reported, the killing of Mexican seafarers has gone unacknowledged by the Mexican government — and largely unnoticed internationally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Their relationship with Max is also much more personal: Anna was Max’s pregnant lawyer in the trial where Max stood accused of killing his expectant wife, while Tom was the prosecutor.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Accident investigators are examining whether a bird strike might have led to a deadly helicopter crash last year in the Hudson River, killing six people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

In our time, we read about hypothermia killing mountain climbers, or sailors who fall into cold water.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman