casualty
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Investing in private funds, which are illiquid—meaning investors can’t cash out whenever they like—is a riskier proposition for property and casualty insurers than for firms that sell life policies and annuities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Figures from Transport Scotland show that, on average between 2020 and 2024, car users aged 16 to 22 had a much higher casualty rate than older age groups.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
"The attacker was signalling vulnerability without necessarily crossing the threshold into mass casualty or nuclear safety crisis."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a call of a mass casualty event around 9:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Innocence is doomed to die a senseless death at our own hands, a casualty of the mistakes we can never undo.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing casualty
The Things They Carried
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The American Civil War
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A Long Way Gone
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