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casualty

[kazh-oo-uhl-tee] / ˈkæʒ u əl ti /




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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

The highest-profile election casualty was SNP heavyweight Angus Robertson, who lost Edinburgh Central to former Green co-leader Lorna Slater in the party's first-ever constituency win.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"I wish we did not land there after the first casualty, because along with us, there were a hundred more passengers, and they were interacting with the islanders," he said.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

One casualty was a Texas plant built to make Craftsman-brand wrenches and ratchet sets that had been coming from China.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The results probably gratified the farmers, for the casualty list included some 65,000 red-winged blackbirds and starlings.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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