kill

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"Our work shows that MYC isn't just helping cancer cells grow -- it's also helping them survive some of the very treatments designed to kill them," said senior author Rosalie Sears, Ph.D.,

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Gray wolves are a federally protected endangered species and illegal to kill in California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

When disease and weather kill cattle at about one thousand times the rate of wolves, struggling ranchers clearly have much bigger concerns than the Endangered Species Act.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

This commemorates the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of English Catholics failed to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant king.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“Someone has hired Death himself to kill me. Or worse,” moaned Samir.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri