death march

Example Sentences

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Researchers, fire officials and land managers, among others, are working to control or slow the beetles’ death march.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

On the ground in Bojków, 80 years after the death march, things are changing.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

Her story went viral four years ago when she tried to find out more about the American soldier who liberated her from a death march in Germany.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

But watching them is hardly a death march — they're often sarcastic and focused on the weirder details of her former life, such as being told that girls and women never need haircuts:

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

There was a slow drumbeat playing like a death march from the altar.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat