mortally
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Three games to go and a three-point lead over the monied giants on one side of Glasgow and seven over the surely mortally wounded behemoth on the other side.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Those who love and know Deborah best are also mortally afraid of her.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025
And so, like the dismembered Black Knight in that iconic fight scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they comically cling to their mortally wounded impeachment scheme, proclaiming, “‘Tis but a scratch!”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024
“The Ecuadorian people are crying, and Ecuador is mortally wounded,” Zuquilanda said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2023
The church attempted to patch the holes in the old way of thought, but Aristotle, the geocentric world, and the feudal way of life were all mortally wounded.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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