Sentence examples for on a kill from inspiring English sources

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"on a kill" is not a grammatically correct part of a sentence in written English
However, you could use the phrase "on the kill" in a variety of contexts. For example: "The hunter was on the kill, determined to make a successful shot."

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For one thing, procedures need to be established for putting people on a kill list.

Once these have been placed on a "kill list", there is no further discussion about them.

Baryal, whose name has appeared on a "kill list" of Taliban commanders, says that Mullah Omar's death was not unexpected.

More than a dozen other media personalities have been warned their names are on a kill list.

In 2010, reports surfaced that Anwar al-Awlaki had been placed on a "kill list" after the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25, 2009.

And is the president's right to place an individual on a "kill or capture list" greater than that individual's constitutional right to due process?

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Invest cunningly and predict wisely, and you, too, can make a killing on a killing.

"Blind dogs are number one on a 'to kill' list in a shelter," Bordeaux said.

Several news reports before June 2010 quoted anonymous counterterrorism officials as saying that Mr. Awlaki had been placed on a kill-or-capture list around the time of the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25, 2009.

Many said his polio vaccine, based on a killed virus, would never work.

Many scientists said that Dr. Salk's AIDS vaccine, also based on a killed virus, would not work.

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