fatality

Example Sentences

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It was the eighth racing or training fatality of 2026 at Santa Anita compared to three at this time last year and seven in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

By the next day, records show that Geraldo Lunas Campos had died at the facility, marking the second fatality in weeks at the hastily constructed Fort Bliss Army tent structure known as Camp East Montana.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 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

While Nipah carries a high fatality rate and lacks approved vaccines, the probability of it developing into a global pandemic remains low, limiting any sustained upside for glove demand, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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