casualties

Example Sentences

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Yet they are among the first casualties when litigation risk spikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

L'Esson prefecture said the number of casualties was still being finalised.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by US President Donald Trump -- and relief that there were no casualties.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Johnson, himself a former CIA officer who spent more than two decades with the agency, never publicly identified the two U.S. casualties as intelligence operators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The battles seesawed back and forth, favoring first one side then the other, while neither side achieved a decisive victory and the casualties mounted.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman