deadly
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Earlier this month, a deadly fire in the coastal region of Andalusia, popular with foreigners, killed 13 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Hunt said he wanted to help after seeing news reports of the deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
You may remember the president invoking it repeatedly in California, after 2018’s deadly Camp Fire and during last year’s Palisades burns.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
The U.S. reported several deadly strikes on boats in the eastern Pacific around that time: on May 26, May 27, May 29 and May 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
A November stillness was settling like a deadly oxymoron on the April landscape.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
"Weapons evolve faster than political decisions meant to stop them," Zelensky said, saying that the Iranian-designed Shahed drones that Russia uses have become much deadlier as the war drags on.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
A 2024 study in Nature shows that while EVs reduced nitrogen-oxide emissions—a precursor to smog—by 1% since 2020, they have increased far deadlier sulfur-dioxide and particulate-matter pollution by 10% and 20%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
An outbreak in 2018-20 was far deadlier, claiming more than 2,000 lives.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
So far, most of the cases of the deadlier strain, known as clade Ib, have been on the African content, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2024
As lions became deadlier, so gazelles evolved to run faster, hyenas to cooperate better, and rhinoceroses to be more bad-tempered.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Nearly 900 Rohingya were reported dead or missing at sea in 2025, the deadliest year on record, according to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Although melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is less common among people with darker skin tones, research indicates that they are considerably more likely to die from the disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The blast last summer was the deadliest incident for the Sheriff’s Department in 150 years, triggering criminal investigations and more than $350,000 in fines from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The past week has been one of the deadliest for commercial shipping since the U.S.-Iran war began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
