be killed
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Plus, Lavina and McCollum and the community members they organized don’t just want hyperscale centers out of all PGC land; they also want the Landover proposal to be killed for good.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
For months, Chinese social-media users have been buzzing about the U.S. “kill line,” a phrase used in videogames to describe the point at which a character can be killed with a single blow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
He is the 11th Al Jazeera journalist to be killed since the start of the war in Gaza, where a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been in place for six months.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Like the metal leash, "we are protected by an unreliable, thin chain of ethics. And if it's cut off, we will be killed by this technology," said Todo.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
But we can’t laugh too much or Mam will jump out of the bed and order Malachy and me off to school where we’ll be killed for being late.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
