deadly
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His anti-AC publicity campaign worked to convince the public that AC was more deadly than DC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The news team at NBC4 was covering the deadly crash involving a Metro bus in Chatsworth on Tuesday night when, just a few blocks away, a helicopter crashed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Three people have died and two others taken to hospital after a news helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles while reporting on a deadly bus crash, authorities have said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Orange County authorities this week touted the success of a novel effort to get e-bikes — which they have characterized as a dangerous and deadly weapon — off the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The light glinted off his spectacles; beneath the dark, glossy hair his face was deadly pale.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
He said a security guard at the Islamic center was among the three victims killed and his response had helped prevent a deadlier attack.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Russia has improved Iran’s original design to make Shahed drones deadlier and harder to intercept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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
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
The 27-year-old from Moscow, who switched allegiance to Kazakhstan in 2018 in search of greater support, is the deadliest server on the women’s circuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration last month approved a therapy for pancreatic tumors, a breakthrough in fighting one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
But, one week after Nepal's deadliest disaster since the 2015 earthquake, Shah has still not publicly addressed the nation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
One of the deadliest single incidents in July was a strike on a reported funeral procession in Nuseirat.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
That they would all soon find themselves caught in the middle of one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in history.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
