killed

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The World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the "scale and speed" of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Bundibugyo has caused only two outbreaks before - in 2007 and 2012 - where it killed around 30% of people infected.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Here, two wildfires have killed up to 2.3 million Joshua trees in the last six years alone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The agency is concerned the epidemic—which has killed about 80 people—could be larger than currently known.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

James Fenimore Cooper was thinking of Hannah, his beloved older sister, who was thrown from a horse and killed fifty years ago that month.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock