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• Most teams would kill for one such play in the course of a season.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Sep. 2022
• Most of the programs on this list would kill for the Hawkeyes’ consistency.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2021
• But even his subpar games are the kind most quarterbacks would kill for.
  — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• Fans in almost every other NFL city would kill for a roster on which the third tight end is a leading source of intrigue.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• Although its content can be brutal, the scale of Bush’s online stardom is something most politicians would kill for.
  — Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• Any serious tinkerer would kill for a resume like Woods’s.
  — Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
• Most startups would kill for their first product to achieve a tidal wave of free word-of-mouth marketing, the kind that's immediately recognizable to every person the world over.
  — Ian Mount, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2021
• Woodward would kill for a starter who could survive five innings on a regular basis without going deep into the opponents’ batting order the third time around.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021
• Anyone may access sensitive information like a running tally of subscribers, which Wall Street would kill for.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2020
• Now 83 years old and a recent widow, Atwood writes with an exuberance, precision, and unabashed vitality that writers decades younger would kill for.
  — Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Most marketing executives would kill for the kind of free advertising pear growers receive.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024