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demise

[dih-mahyz] / dɪˈmaɪz /


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Father and son are helped by a trio of friendly spirits, who enter Lincoln’s body and encourage him to accept Willie’s demise, so that Willie can move on as well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Burnham said: "Every one of my generation went on a school trip to Jodrell Bank, and there is no way that we can see its demise, and it won't happen under my government."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Either you rallied behind Chud or you rooted for his demise; either way, he got paid.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

A coyote was always plotting the demise of a smirking long-necked bird.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

If anything, the sentimentality of such demises lie not in the character’s fate but in an actor’s departure.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

Outside the nine-episode series, the carving game is a legitimate children’s game that’s played in South Korea – sans gory demises.

From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021

Several grim demises later, it spoils nothing to say that she's a changed person.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2019

He has shed them for horses whose demises have haunted him, especially Prairie Bayou, whom he rode to victory in the 1993 Preakness Stakes, which helped make him a big-time rider.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2018

Method of trial for demises alleged to have been unfairly obtained.—5.

From Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians by Elias Johnson

Having spent the past 20 years in Mississippi, the couple will be remembered by friends and family for amassing a collection of nearly 1,000 announcements of the demised.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2018

Photograph: Rebecca Jewell/Ghosts of Gone Birds They are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011

Perhaps never was he so proud of them as last September, when "Rudy," their favorite fox terrier, unhappily demised.

From Time Magazine Archive

He died on the 6th of March. in 766, and was buried at Gorze, to which by his will, which is still extant, he demised several estates.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

The Captain claimed he was as good as a buzzard at locating the newly demised.

From The Killer by Stewart Edward White

The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013




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