kill
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A study published in 2025 in the Journal of Economic Entomology showed that bistrifluron, an insect growth regulator that interferes with the formation of a new exoskeleton, can kill western drywood termites with remarkable efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, told BBC that a "kill switch" that can be checked by a third party may need to be mandatory for the industry.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“If we kill the Golden Goose,” he wrote then, “you will only have yourselves to blame.”
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
The researcher, Jacob Coxon, said in a social media post: “People building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“He agreed, and then confirmed that for everyone’s safety, you had to kill the vampires, yes?”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
A chemical that kills immediately could eliminate exposed termites before they have much opportunity to interact with nestmates.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Last time a marine heatwave hit South Australia and Tasmania, there were starving penguins, fish kills, suffocating algae outbreaks, and jellyfish invasions.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"If a power acts like Satan, picks targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it's Satan," he posted on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
A hurricane kills hundreds in Haiti; the same storm merely inconveniences Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Aimee takes a step back, like I’m some monster who might lash out at her next, which kills me.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
They could face felony charges, as authorities estimate the trees that were killed or damaged to be worth at least $300,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“The release absolutely killed me. I couldn’t stop. It was so beautiful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
One man was killed and two people were hospitalized after their fishing boat struck rocks and capsized beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
His award was presented by Dame Sarah in a ceremony that coincided with the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
They killed their prey by trapping it in their coils and suffocating it before swallowing it whole.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
At the dawn of the internet, a select group of companies made a killing creating the equipment and business model for the system of glass strands bundled in cables, known as a fiber-optic network.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Last week’s calls from inside the house that A.I. companies are at risk of losing control of their monsters and killing everyone—true or not!—have continued to sweep the news.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
The court heard that Tajzai, an Afghan asylum seeker, wrongly believed Sherzad belonged to the Taliban, which had kidnapped his father and was suspected of killing him.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
After an Army helicopter and passenger jet collided last year over Washington, killing dozens, air-traffic controllers have directed pilots to make more space for commercial airlines heading toward airports like LaGuardia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
With a start, I realize that this garden is killing my inhibitions and judgment.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
