killed
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His mother was a member of the august Carrillo family, and his father was a captain in the Mexican army, killed in the Cahuenga Pass when his namesake son was just a few weeks old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Helicopter company Fishtail Air named the man killed in the crash as Vasanth Kumar Balaramudu.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Zelensky said 33 people had been killed and that more than 50 could be trapped in rubble.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
The aunt of a University of Cambridge scientist killed in the Spanish rail disaster has paid an emotional tribute, describing her niece as "a light for all of us".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“A deer got killed on the highway. My grandpa cooked up a stew. What’s the big deal?”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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