demise
Example Sentences
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Surprisingly, Elphaba fills the bucket up herself, to fake her own demise.
From Los Angeles Times
All that being said, even before their buoyant off-year performance those widespread reports of Democrats’ demise were greatly ... well, we’ll leave that Mark Twain chestnut alone.
From Los Angeles Times
Whether it can withstand the demise of the country’s gold mining industry has yet to be seen.
The blame for their demise always goes to the bosses treating their own troops like fodder.
From Los Angeles Times
The general's demise on November 20, 1975 ended 36 years of authoritarian right-wing rule that followed a devastating 1936-1939 civil war which brought him to power.
From Barron's
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