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knell

[nel] / nɛl /


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Is this the death knell of American political satire?

From Salon • May 19, 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

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

“In California, that’s not a death knell, that’s a life force.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

The Joseph Bell tolled its last, huge knell.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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