casualties
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No casualties were reported aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Second World War, meanwhile, inflicted its own deadly toll -- the Soviet Union suffered the highest casualties, with 20-27 million people estimated to have died, both civilians and military.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
There were no official reports confirming the cause of the explosions, the exact locations affected or whether there were any casualties or damage.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
We suffered hundreds of casualties, including 18 deaths, and losses to buildings and equipment amounting to nearly $4 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
By then, the British had suffered 240,000 casualties, including 70,000 killed, for a gain of some five miles of Flanders mud.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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