At a time when West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose mentioned that 'death knell of democracy should not ring in the hands of its custodian', incidents of violence continued in the state ahead of rural polls.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-violence-continues-ahead-of-rural-polls

But the real death knell was Craigslist a few years later.

Source: https://themoderatevoice.com/national-newspaper-week-2023-cartoon-and-column/

By disqualifying Rahul Gandhi, Modi sarkar is ringing the death knell for the right to free speech and freedom of Indians everywhere," Mr Abraham said.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/betrayal-of-gandhian-philosophy-us-lawmaker-ro-khanna-on-rahul-gandhi-row-3891285

For an unknown IP, that can be a serious death knell.

Source: https://screenrant.com/the-creator-box-office-opening-weekend-details/

In short, Jordan’s failure to emerge as House speaker likely sounds the death knell for Trump’s political and legal futures.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-10-22/jim-jordans-speaker-trump-desperate

"On the back of Covid and the current financial crisis, some businesses are already struggling and the addition of parking charges could just be the death knell for them."

Source: https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/23751529.north-berwick-community-march-council-hq-protest-parking-scheme/?ref=rss

OpenAI's announcement on artificial intelligence "apps" do not spell the death knell for nascent startups building AI products, two OpenAI investors said at a Reuters NEXT conference on Thursday.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/openai-investors-see-more-startup-opportunities-despite-chatgpt-expansion-3911416?cid=cna_flip_070214

Such crushingly literal-minded dialogue would ring a death knell for any story, but Hool compounds it throughout with hammer-handed direction that makes the film unintentionally comical, a straight version of Woody Allen’s Bananas.

Source: https://www.irishamerica.com/2023/02/film-forum-a-late-encounter-with-the-enemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=film-forum-a-late-encounter-with-the-enemy

The death knell sounded for the men in gold seven minutes into the half when Anscombe noticed the Wallabies had no-one defending at fullback and chipped over the top for centre Nick Tompkins to run through and score.

Source: https://canberraweekly.com.au/wallabies-set-to-crash-from-world-cup-after-wales-loss/

We believe that, without intervention, they could potentially spell the death knell for our city’s creative spaces.”

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/5442847/aberdeen-budget-arts-cuts-belmont-cinema-reopening/

You see, PG-13 is not a death knell for a horror film, as the recent success of Five Nights at Freddy's would attest to.

Source: https://collider.com/scariest-pg-13-horror-movies/