Example Sentences

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Christoph Schweizer points to higher revenues and head count in response to predictions that the technology is killing his industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"Pollution is killing livestock farming and grape harvests, once the backbone of the local economy," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Now, “the arrow of causality has flipped” on the view that “AI is killing the jobs first, and that’s what’s making the economy sick.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

"It's super-hot here – 30C is killing me. I came to escape the heat," says Silvia, a tourist from Prague visiting Santa's holiday village in Rovaniemi.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

“This is killing me—I’ll never get away from this bug,” she said to him.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston