fatality
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The third fatality was a man of unknown age found collapsed on the street, and the fourth a person of undetermined gender and age.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
In February, a pedestrian became the latest Malibu fatality along an area of PCH near Point Dume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“By some cursed fatality we could never draw together,” Clinton wrote after Howe repeatedly changed his battle plans, leading to the catastrophic British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
She paid tribute to the train driver Shaun Burton, 60, who died in the crash – the only fatality.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
In many parts of the world the fatality rate from parathion is startling: 100 fatal cases in India and 67 in Syria in 1958, and an average of 336 deaths per year in Japan.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
It said it was not aware of any US fatalities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Other coroners linked fatalities to e-bikes and e-scooters that did not conform to UK safety standards.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ninety US citizens were missing, the State Department said Thursday, adding that three had been rescued and it was not aware of any US fatalities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Miraculously, the plane with its 171 passengers was able to land with no fatalities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In his smoothest Texas voice, C. J. Peters said, “It’s a rather rare viral disease that has been responsible for human fatalities in outbreaks in Zaire and Sudan within the past ten or twelve years.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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