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dead

[ded] / dɛd /






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Now Blanche is offering Comey up to him like a cat delivering a dead mouse to their owner as a gift of love.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

Sonny Baker has just started to tell a story about a bike he bought from someone on Facebook Marketplace and a tomahawk steak when the video call goes dead.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Hagen recorded a video from inside one of the weekend’s parties with an on-screen caption saying that the shooter was dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

At a makeshift morgue in Khartoum, engineer turned mortician Ali Gebbai clicked through a spreadsheet of the dead.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

He came creeping into camp with three injured dogs and his leader dead.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell