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deadly

[ded-lee] / ˈdɛd li /




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Senthilnath Lakshmanachetty, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in Okada's laboratory, led experiments to investigate whether B-SYNC could successfully attack this deadly childhood cancer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Whitmire's announcement comes a week after an ICE officer was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit a man with a vehicle in Texas.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

She was haunted by her handling of deadly wildfires in 2025, which erupted while she was traveling for the Biden administration.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The city has struggled in recent years with persistent homelessness, sky-high housing prices, job losses in Hollywood and the deadly wildfires last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

When I started researching her story, I had one question: How did she have the courage to stand up for the working poor against such huge and deadly odds?

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

Bacterial meningitis, as seen in this outbreak, is rarer and deadlier than the viral type.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

Through these mutations, they can become more contagious, evade immunity, and become deadlier.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025

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

Thailand has announced its first confirmed case of a new, potentially deadlier strain of Mpox - the first in Asia, and second outside of Africa.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

For one reason or another, the virus became a lot deadlier.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Throughout the book, Krakauer recounts his attempt to summit Mount Everest the year earlier in what would become, at the time, the mountain’s deadliest season.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

DR Congo's previous deadliest outbreak saw 2,299 deaths recorded between 2018-2020, the UN said.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"We are devastated," Cecilio said, echoing the sentiment of the dozens of families affected by one of Europe's deadliest train disasters this century.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

By examining nearly half a million individual cancer cells, researchers identified genetic changes that could reveal new ways to fight one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

I sat them both on my bed, and while Lulu glared at Rufus with the deadliest disdain, I told them my story.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan


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