die off

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These cells -- often called "zombie cells" -- stop dividing but refuse to die off normally.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

"If we don't do any conservation and let nature take its course and let say the oak die off, you would lose the wider biodiversity around that," said Mr Masters from Kew Gardens.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

“It means that when these glaciers die off, we will be the first humans to see ice-free peaks in Yosemite,” said Andrew Jones, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who led the study.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

In a patient who gets only one antibiotic or inadequate doses of several, or who doesn’t take his medicine as instructed, the drug-susceptible bacilli may die off but the drug-resistant mutants will flourish.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French