dying

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Instead of using the money to provide hospice care for legitimately dying patients, Davis alleged, the suspects used it for international travel, to pay mortgages and car loans and to send money overseas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The disease is inherited and currently incurable, with many children dying within a few years of diagnosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

They urged Sir Keir Starmer to make more time for the bill to be debated but the government has said it is "neutral on the matter of assisted dying and the passage of the bill".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The small-cap benchmark has been a canary in a coal mine ahead of U.S. recessions, but one also prone to dying of natural causes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

And then he is gone, disappearing back into the house, and the fire in the yard is dying, and the breeze in the air is cooling and time is passing.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse