fatally

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The justice department under her tenure faced questions over its handling of the investigation into federal immigration agents fatally shooting two people during confrontations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which sparked nationwide demonstrations in January.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

In March, two people were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes in Southern California alone, a 46-year-old woman from Ventura County and a 25-year-old man in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

He was wrong, fatally so for himself and maybe yet for the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2013, bought the guns legally in 2017 and was fatally shot by police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The notion of the earth whirling and hurtling through the cosmos was, in the end, fatally counterintuitive to the ancient mind.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro