perished

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They had just dislodged Fred Holland and Walter Lees, who added 145 at The Oval in 1906, from the record books when Lawes perished.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Official records list disease as the cause of death for most of the boys who perished.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

She tries to create the most outlandish tale possible for when relaying to guests one on one how her husband perished.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Mark Davis was just 13 years old when he perished in a juvenile detention facility for Black boys in the eastern US state of Maryland some 140 years ago.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

He cannot thank the book; the book has perished, as he nearly did, in scattered pieces, in the earliest hours of an October day, in a field 209 kilometers from Calcutta.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri