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die

[dahy] / daɪ /




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Some of those damaged cells die, but those that remain can trigger abnormal cell growth, or cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

"I think the authorities ought to come out to explain what it is so that the confusion among people will die out," he added.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

He praised the official -- known for trying to enhance Ukraine's drone technology -- for trying to ensure that "fewer soldiers die and that drones fight in their place".

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

You may die, but your songs will be remembered 100 years from now.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

And so I went to work each day in the quarry, a bone-breaking job that killed heartier men than me, and waited to die.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Choosing to take Social Security at 62 versus 70 is a roll of the dice.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

And this time the roll of the dice didn’t work, with Turkey getting its only win of the tournament on its last touch of the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

That, and the fact that many of the people making these movies and shows rolled 20-sided dice with their pals back in the day.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Rolling a predetermined number on a dice nine times in a row, or guessing a seven-digit number first time, have odds of one in 10 million.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

“Yup. I know. But I’m going to roll the dice on a hunch.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

In some cases, relatives flee homes when a family member dies, without informing authorities, leaving highly infectious corpses unattended for days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Fed officials might be willing to wait, however, to see if the Mideast conflict dies down and reduce the pressure in energy prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

When Faye’s beloved college professor dies suddenly and she’s asked to speak at a memorial ceremony, nostalgia and flattery make her drop everything and hightail it back to the leafy northeastern college town.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

"She was one of the most incredible artists – but music never dies, so the music and lyrics and stories that she gave us are forever and ever."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

“But it’s done. She’s theirs now. They just have to hold out until the story dies down and they can all go back to living their lives.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Nolan thinks “The Odyssey,” in some weird way, “lived or died over that character — she was the fulcrum.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Around 12,000 people have been evacuated from the south-west of France as the country battles ongoing wildfires days after two firefighters died near Bordeaux airport, French media reported.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

When Graham died earlier this month, Netanyahu hailed the South Carolina senator as a “great patriot.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

At least 18 U.S. service members have died in the war.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In 1959 Corrie was part of a group that visited Ravensbruck, which was then in East Germany, to honor Betsie and the 96,000 other women who died there.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Are you living and dieing by weather forecasts?

From Time Magazine Archive

When Paris entered with his page, a youth in a night shirt, that youth carried in his countenance the fixed determination of putting out his torch at the right moment or dieing in the attempt.

From Mary Anderson by Farrar, J. M.

Now see here, Miss Bab, you've just come Home, and there was trouble at your last vacation that I'm like to remember to my dieing day.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

About the nearest tew absolute insolvency that a man kan git in this world, and think he iz dieing rich, iz to leave nothing but a pedigree tew hiz family.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

The hum buggs don’t generally live a grate while at once, but have the fackulty ov dieing in one place, and being suddenly born in another.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Regular exercise like running or walking strengthens the heart and reduces the chances of dying from cardiovascular disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

‘I am at a loss’: My brother is dying.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

As the title suggests, “Out of Time” is less about the living city than the dying one, with a sliver of hope carved out of the ash, rubble and pyroclastic surge.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

When she started her periods soon after, she said the pain was so bad "I felt like I was dying".

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Mist floated in the hollows between the mounds, where the pale, ghostly skeletons of hemlock reared above his head, and the purple stalks of dying willowherb released their eerily drifting down.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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