perish

Example Sentences

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He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust.

From BBC

Russia's elite, he said, protected their own children from fighting the war while the children of ordinary Russians perished on the front, a situation he said that could trigger turmoil in Russia.

From Reuters

In Prigozhin's most memorable video, on May 5, he showed a field of dead Wagner mercenaries who he said had perished due to a lack of munitions caused by Shoigu and Gerasimov.

From Reuters

Shortly after Cox’s “Succession” character perished, Amazon Studios lined up the Scottish actor’s next gig: a competition program inspired by the “James Bond” franchise.

From Los Angeles Times

Mexico’s National Immigration Institute has been in disarray since a fire in March at a lockup in Ciudad Juárez in which 40 migrants perished.

From Los Angeles Times