as in to blot out
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Recent Examples of kill off
Then Covid-19 struck and seemingly killed off the idea again.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
From its very first episode, Agatha All Along went to great lengths to show us that, even with WandaVision’s lead killed off in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there was still plenty of — and perhaps too much — meat for Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness to chew on.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
Sheridan summarily killed off Dutton in the opening moments of the back half of Season 5, which premiered Nov. 10 with an inglorious, bloody bathroom gunshot death made to look like a suicide.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
And when you’re done with the dishes, put the sponge in the dishwasher, where the heat will kill off potential pathogens.
—Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
From its very first episode, Agatha All Along went to great lengths to show us that, even with WandaVision’s lead killed off in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there was still plenty of — and perhaps too much — meat for Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness to chew on.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
Sheridan summarily killed off Dutton in the opening moments of the back half of Season 5, which premiered Nov. 10 with an inglorious, bloody bathroom gunshot death made to look like a suicide.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
And when you’re done with the dishes, put the sponge in the dishwasher, where the heat will kill off potential pathogens.
—Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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There are tens of millions of people who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific Coast to eastern Canada, otherwise known as the path of totality, where locals and travelers gazed skyward to see the moon fully blot out the sun.Anna Furman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The wait is long over until eclipse viewers have their only chance until 2044 to witness totality, the event in which the moon will completely block the sun's disc, blotting out the light and casting the world below in its uncanny shadow.American-Statesman staff, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
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For Schaeffler’s global factories, however, the focus is on localizing and consolidating more operations into one location closer to the customer, to cut down on shipping, logistics, storage, and CO2 footprint.Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Petaluma Reusable Cup initiative creates a system for patrons to reuse cups from local restaurants, cafes and coffee shops in an effort to cut down on waste.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Some made for the Pine Ridge Reservation, where, just two weeks later, they would be stopped and slaughtered by the U.S. Army in the Wounded Knee massacre.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
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Tens of millions of birds have been slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Having them in a memorial site honoring the people massacred is the right decision to make.Smithsonian magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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Iran funds Hamas, the terrorist group that invaded and brutally massacred innocent Israelis, mostly youth, in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
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Southwest Airlines will start landing procedures at a higher altitude, requiring travelers to fasten their seatbelts and put away laptops and tray tables earlier in the flight.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Bemidji State 20, Western Colorado 19: With the Mountaineers driving to put away their second playoff victory in as many weeks, fate took a cruel turn.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2024
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The move to Linwood forced Bowman to take out several loans that left her in debt.Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
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Dallas went to the playoffs and took out both the No. 1 and No. 2 teams to win the title, thus justifying my initial thoughts of them being the best team on draft day.Todd Boss, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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But at the time, Iran and Russia, the Syrian regime’s allies, proved to be more committed: Iran and its proxy militias—especially Hezbollah—helped Assad to besiege and bombard his own people; Russia with its Sukhoi fighter jets annihilated entire cities.Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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In addition to the deaths of hundreds of people, more than 35 square blocks were destroyed, annihilating houses and businesses.Michelle Garcia, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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And the American women were, plainly, awful for the first 20 minutes, kicking the ball all over creation, getting bumped off their spots on the floor regularly and losing the energy battle to the ferocious French defenders.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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The camera follows the dog into a retro tiled bathroom, where Elizabeth Berkley is sitting in a shell-pink bathtub wearing a matching silk robe cutting grotesque black bumps off of her leg.Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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