mortal
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These are things that are beyond our mortal comprehension, but that are maybe coming in the near-future.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
You have to strain to see him, way up there, high above this mortal coil.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
"Maybe, by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil, there might be a little more awareness… of the need to bring things back together again," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Like Donne, we can mine wisdom from the frailty of our mortal bodies—but be grateful that when the bell tolls for thee, plague, smallpox and typhus won’t be to blame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
At least he’d been in the mortal world then.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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