Stabs
Tries
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the first episode of Season 5, Buffy stabs Dracula again when he tries to resurrect, and then reminds him she's still there when he tries again.
Source: Defied Trope -
When her friend Kyung-hee comes back and tries to restart her piano lessons with Dong-sik, Myung-sook stabs her.
Source: Film / The Housemaid (1960) -
And then Thiago tries this on Karou in the second book, but Karou stabs him before he can do anything.
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