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Evolution occurs through random variation and natural selection: The strong survive and reproduce; the weak perish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put it simply in 1961, another era when it seemed America would split into pieces: “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

Instead, there are scores of planets and moons where humans, if exposed to local conditions without life support, would perish immediately.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025

"However, a much more severe disease arrives, one that improved varieties are normally more resistant to... and the local varieties perish, or perhaps don't produce fruit," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

When I appeared on deck the master said, “Here is our captain, and he will not allow you to perish on the open sea.”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

"We need to get the food out as soon as we can before it perishes," Steele said.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

When the cells die, their myelin production perishes with them, causing myelin sheaths to break down with nothing to replenish them.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

West of the Cascades, many a plant perishes due to excessive rain in winter, even though it’s cold hardy and “drought-tolerant.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

The two-part sixth, and final, season of “The Crown” explores Princess Diana’s final days before she perishes in a car accident.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023

Take from a man water, and he perishes of thirst; take from him air, and he suffocates; he may die from too much, or too little heat.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

While local officials say they cannot verify her death, Eggington said by claiming she "perished", the writer is not accepting responsibility, while using the distinctive phrase "buried in nature".

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

But the hard truths of human nature bring us closer to the people who perished in Pompeii.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Whenever I reflect upon the regret of all those who perished in the war and the grief of the bereaved families, my heart is filled with profound sorrow," Takaichi said in the address.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The backstory of the works by the composers who perished is obviously compelling, but the lightning bolt that struck Conlon first was the music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

“Your parents,” Mr. Poe said, “have perished in a terrible fire.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Although Alice never ran the risk of actually perishing in Wonderland, Arisu is another matter because of the very nature of the Borderland and how you gain entry through a near-death experience.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

The young meat-eater had chomped off the hind legs of two parrot-like dinosaurs called caenagnathids before perishing itself.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023

Levin yelled out into the roar, anything to take his mind off the thought of perishing in a landslide.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022

Over recent years, there have been many similar examples of migrants perishing during their journey, but no single event as deadly as what was discovered on Monday.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022

‘The perishing is more likely, and will be a lot easier anyway,’ he said grimly to himself, as he sheathed Sting and turned from the brazen doors.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien