snuffed out
Example Sentences
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The tax cut also hasn’t snuffed out the black market, as evidenced by the Governor’s press release this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ollie Chessum bust a hole to spin the Italian defence, but the scramble snuffed out the danger.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Home sales have limped along since rising prices and mortgage rates snuffed out the pandemic’s ultrahot seller’s market several years ago.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Among the dead were athletes, artists and students whose photographs and brief biographies have since flooded social media, creating a digital memorial of young lives snuffed out under an internet blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
The high spirits with which we left Pretoria had been snuffed out by its stern atmosphere; we were face to face with the realization that our life would be unredeemably grim.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
