die off
Example Sentences
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As dopamine producing brain cells progressively die off, the brain loses its ability to properly regulate movement.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
"Road salt is a major environmental problem," she told AFP, adding that "trees die off after prolonged exposure".
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 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
“All they can do, really, is lay unfertilized drone eggs. They’ll fill up the combs with them, and as the workers naturally die off, there are none to replace them.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
