mortal
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Immediately after sitting down, my seatmate informed me that we were rooting for green and blue, and the other team was our mortal enemies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
If France didn't know they were in a mighty battle by now - and their Grand Slam in mortal jeopardy - then they knew it minutes later when the rampant hosts did them again.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
You have to strain to see him, way up there, high above this mortal coil.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
Looking suddenly mortal, the “quad god” fell on two of his jumps, missed another two of his quadruple jump attempts—and, in the most stunning twist of the Winter Olympics, missed the podium altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
How much of him was saint, how much mortal, I could not heretofore tell: but revelations were being made in this conference: the analysis of his nature was proceeding before my eyes.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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