fatality

Example Sentences

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Eleven days after Lunas Campos died, 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz marked the third fatality in six weeks at the El Paso tent camp.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

It was the sole U.S. fatality among 25 reported shark bites nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases, with a fatality rate of 95 percent if untreated, causing fever, weight loss, and enlargement of the spleen and liver.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Then the momentum petered out, and the fatality numbers stopped dropping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“You have an instant fatality that leaves no marks on the skeletal remains. Unfortunately, the soft tissues that would show us what happened have decomposed in the past hundred years.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler