deadly
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But other blazes have broken out in different parts of Europe as the forest fire season takes hold, including deadly ones in Greece, as well as in Portugal and Turkey.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
These leaders argued that, with appropriate oversight, viruses could be manipulated, making them more transmissible or deadly, to evaluate how likely they were to make the leap to humans from animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Assemblage artist Betye Saar, who’s known for arming stereotypical images of mammies with deadly weaponry, and has influenced generations of artists, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
In Portugal, they had been rare until the deadly 2017 fires in Pedrogao Grande changed things.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The light glinted off his spectacles; beneath the dark, glossy hair his face was deadly pale.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Russia has improved Iran’s original design to make Shahed drones deadlier and harder to intercept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Bacterial meningitis, as seen in this outbreak, is rarer and deadlier than the viral type.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
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
Here, the memories of 2009's Black Saturday bushfires – the country's deadliest on record – loom large.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The tragic accident sparked renewed calls for safety improvements along the 21-mile section of PCH in Malibu, one of the deadliest roads in the state, where 63 people have died since 2010.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
It was impossible to tell whether Torak’s father had been his best friend or his deadliest enemy.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
