body count

Example Sentences

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“A very dark day for the city of New York could have been that much more tragic with a much higher body count if it wasn’t for Detective Sulan,” the president said.

From Washington Times

"The body count for lone wolf terrorists in this country is higher now than it's been in a long time," he said.

From Salon

“The house of the state’s top police officer has been attacked, and the body count is constantly going up,” he said in a telephone interview.

From New York Times

There's every indication that it was the nature of our for-profit healthcare system that's rooted in scarcity that actually drove the pandemic's body count.

From Salon

Oh, he’s a killing machine, all right, piling up the body count to astronomical levels over the course of four movies.

From Seattle Times