dying

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

And yet, Sina says, his uncle seems to be "afraid of dying" in the war and appears to have been trying to improve relations with some family members, including his own mother, Sina's grandmother.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

"The pupils are educating drivers who speed outside their school about the potential consequences of speeding, the main reasons people are dying on our roads, and why they must slow down."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Its capital city Tehran is in the process of dying because of a grotesquely mismanaged water supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The car swerved, narrowly missing the dying fox.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman