die
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English summers are increasingly marked by a once rare ritual: water companies imposing monthslong bans on the use of garden hoses, leaving a nation of gardeners to hand-water their gardens or watch their plants die.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
However, recent observations suggest it is weakening — potentially jeopardizing Einstein’s so far unblemished theory of general relativity and calling into question the leading description for how the universe will die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
You are the one — not your father — who has to live or die by your investment decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
His sentence meant he would die in prison.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The one thing we knew for sure—the new generation of chiefs had decided it was time for Fireball to die, and nothing I, or anyone else, said was going to have any impact.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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All the factors above can load the dice for hotter spells to affect the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
For people willing to roll the dice on a mystery vacation, flexibility is key.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
To play, you had to roll your dice and move your big game piece across these grids I had built all across Harmonee.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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When he dies those will go to beneficiaries income-tax-free in the form of a death benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood and, in some cases, even spark legal disputes after a parent dies.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"They want me to sign a paper that says that if the baby dies due to lack of a nursery, they won't be responsible."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
No one dies wishing they had worked more than they needed to — but plenty do wishing they had spent more time with their loved ones.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
It took more than a little bit of convincing to get Lil to be Helen Burns, which really is a great part, even though she dies.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Related: After our mother died, my sister went to nursing school.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Of that number, 241 people were rescued, eight died and another 18 were listed as missing, they said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
At least 16 people have died in China’s Tibet region and around 550 are missing, according to Chinese authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Parton was buried alongside her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
After she died, we learned that she supported a lot of other kids who couldn’t afford lessons.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Are you living and dieing by weather forecasts?
From Time Magazine Archive
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For instance, Mr. Jones says this dieing back is due to late grafting.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
Don't see how the cattle live at all and there is lots of them dieing.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn
My private opinyun ov a coquet iz, that if they suckceed in dieing an old maid, they don’t deserve all the punishment they receive.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
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 J. M. Farrar
"Our group is now digging into that question by asking whether animals that change their behavior in response to human pressures are at greater or lower risk of dying."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The assisted dying law would allow adults over the age of 18 who are expected to die within six months to be given help to end their own life, subject to certain safeguards.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
In a villa on the Bay of Naples, a dying general and statesman, only 50 years old, begins to record his extraordinarily eventful life in the short time left to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Finally, a homeowner runs the risk of dying before the full amount is paid out, although payments can still go to a surviving spouse, partner or beneficiary.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
That morning, with his men dying of thirst, Kennedy had swum to Naru with Ross.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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