perished
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A helpful map of the globe points out notoriously treacherous waters, including those off the southern tip of South America, where countless sailors have perished in the turbulent seas around Cape Horn.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Official records list disease as the cause of death for most of the boys who perished.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
As immortalised in the song, Pierson's ramshackle hideout hosted some wild parties, before it perished in flames in 2004.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
In Argentina, roughly 1,300 sea lions and fur seals perished.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Frodo stood still, hearing far off great seas upon beaches that had long ago been washed away, and sea-birds crying whose race had perished from the earth.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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