dying
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Known as the end-Permian mass extinction, this event, often called the 'great dying', eliminated more than 90 percent of marine species.
From Science Daily
She went on to say "we are no longer putting patients on the waiting list for transfer who are just straightforward dying", focusing only on those with complex needs.
From BBC
It's true that fewer people are dying in Gaza now.
From BBC
Lee’s mom sewed children’s clothes at a textile plant before dying of complications from a hysterectomy at 35 when Lee was 16.
He survived just long enough to write and publish “Alone in Berlin” before dying in 1947 at the age of 53.
From Los Angeles Times
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