perished
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
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water’s surface.
From Seattle Times
Forty male detainees perished in the March 27 blaze, allegedly started by a male migrant in protest of their conditions the facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
From Seattle Times
Forty male detainees perished in the March 27 blaze, allegedly started by a male migrant in protest of their rumored transfer from the facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
From Washington Times
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967.
From Seattle Times
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