as in to blot out
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Even the fact of Hollywood exploitation becomes a joke in the way Deadpool & Wolverine reunites Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) with his superhero antagonist Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), even though the latter was killed off in 2017’s Logan.
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Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
In a conversation with THR, Reese and Wernick talk about their long relationship with Deadpool, the challenges of trying to write a G.I. Joe movie when star Channing Tatum insisted on getting killed off, and what happened with a few moves that didn’t happen (Clue, Pirates of the Caribbean).
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
As an annual weed, crabgrass is killed off by the first frost.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
The scientists ruled out the possibility that microbes were behind the act: In lab tests simulating the seafloor, the researchers killed off any organisms in the water with mercury chloride.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
In a conversation with THR, Reese and Wernick talk about their long relationship with Deadpool, the challenges of trying to write a G.I. Joe movie when star Channing Tatum insisted on getting killed off, and what happened with a few moves that didn’t happen (Clue, Pirates of the Caribbean).
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
As an annual weed, crabgrass is killed off by the first frost.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
The scientists ruled out the possibility that microbes were behind the act: In lab tests simulating the seafloor, the researchers killed off any organisms in the water with mercury chloride.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
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