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

Other episodes of mass fatality are abundantly documented: the Black Death in Europe, the post-collectivization famine in the Soviet Union, even the traffic in African slaves.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann