fatally

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Whittaker organized Robert Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign efforts in the Pacific Northwest and spoke to him by phone only minutes before the candidate was fatally shot in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The justice department under her tenure faced questions over its handling of the investigation into federal immigration agents fatally shooting two people during confrontations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which sparked nationwide demonstrations in January.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Similar efforts have appeared in Koreatown, where a group of activists painted a crosswalk at an intersection where a 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

While it is typically found among dogs, it can also infect big cats - often fatally.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

The discovery of the New World had fatally undermined any claim that there are some things on which all human beings can agree—here were societies practising nudity and cannibalism.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton