lethal
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It possesses the most lethal and far-flung military; it controls the leading currency; its leaders’ words and deeds are more closely observed and analyzed than those of any other leaders.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Anthropic is in a legal battle with the US military after refusing to change its internal policy prohibiting the use of its Claude model for lethal autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
If the plan stands, he said, “we know that it’s going to be lethal for some salmon eggs this summer.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
A 1999 report by the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights described “the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of lethal force applied to the civilian aircraft.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The Ebola Zaire strain was nearly twice as lethal as Ebola Sudan.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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