deadly
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A special services spokesman said officials were treating the threat as "deadly serious".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
With winter approaching, the prospect of continued fighting and attacks on vital infrastructure has added urgency to the search for a settlement against a backdrop of deadly Russian attacks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Airlines, regulators and aerospace manufacturers have worked to stamp out deadly accidents resulting from overshooting runways, mistakenly flying into terrain or failures in aircraft structures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
And while plague can be very deadly, it’s much less common than it was in the past, and it’s treatable.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Oh, no,” said Andrew, sounding deadly serious again.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Bacterial meningitis, as seen in this outbreak, is rarer and deadlier than the viral type.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
While about 500,000 people a year die from excessive heat, he says, “surprisingly, excessive cold is far deadlier, killing nearly ten times more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Only dioxins, which come primarily from burning waste materials, are deadlier than airborne hexavalent chromium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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
For one reason or another, the virus became a lot deadlier.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
The 7 October attack was the deadliest Israel had suffered since its creation in 1948.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Three years after Hamas led the deadliest attack ever against Israel, Kenig, like so much of the country, remains traumatised.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The 21-mile stretch of PCH that runs through Malibu is one of the deadliest and most notorious roads in the state, with an average of about four crash-related fatalities per year over the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
KAMPALA, Uganda—Efforts to halt the spread of the Congo’s deadliest outbreak of Ebola are faltering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was because she was listening so closely that she knew the exact moment when Kaz Brekker, Dirtyhands, the bastard of the Barrel and the deadliest boy in Ketterdam, fainted.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
