nine lives
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Two more people have died in the Sierra, adding to the toll of a deadly winter season that last week claimed nine lives in the Castle Peak avalanche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
The crew launched a rescue boat and found the kitten clinging to one of his nine lives on an offshore piling.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
It’s likely that other similar situations have given rise to the adage that cats have nine lives.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
He has nine lives, to mix all the possible metaphors about a survivor in politics.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2023
An American battery, its slogan offering nine lives.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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