dead

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To see Travolta’s latest films on your screen, you’d have to scroll into the dead zone of a streamer’s catalogue.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

A white dwarf is the dense remnant of a dead star, roughly the size of Earth but with a mass comparable to that of the Sun.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The other, Rebel, was spotted dead on Highway 955, employees say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"It's dead for now," Axios quoted a source as saying.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Nollie and Willem had had homes of their own many years now, and Mama and the aunts were dead, but still I seemed to see them here.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom