die

Example Sentences

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The author’s title, for a notable instance, clips off the end of the full line “those who are about to die salute you”—an expression credited to gladiators but was seldom actually exclaimed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Nationally, about five people die from rattlesnake bites in an entire year, according to health officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"We're of the firm opinion the animal will die there," Burkard Baschek, head of the German Oceanographic Museum, said on Wednesday.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

“A lot of footwear brands that we see today, they kind of live and die by Gen Z’s favor,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

That he was the eighth to die on that boat.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse