fatally

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In throwing out the guilty verdict, the state supreme court found that jury deliberations were fatally flawed by improper remarks by Becky Hill, then the Colleton County clerk of court.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The Simi Valley community is mourning the loss of a 13-year-old baseball player who was fatally struck by an Amtrak train while riding an e-bike.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Brooke Wiggins was just days away from her 13th birthday on 9 November 2024 when she was fatally injured at Grove Place, near the junction with Carshalton Road in Banstead, Surrey.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Henry later rolls triple ones, triggering the “extraordinary occurrences chart,” and is forced to watch as Damon is fatally struck by a pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The notion of the earth whirling and hurtling through the cosmos was, in the end, fatally counterintuitive to the ancient mind.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro