perishing
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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
It’s a symbiotic relationship that won’t be perishing anytime soon.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
Years of anecdotal reports from other golden lovers as well as scattershot studies seemed to support the idea that something was wrong: Were the big, sweet dogs now perishing earlier than their forebears?
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023
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
Not being killed in a car accident may be 99 percent certain, while 98 percent of us may avoid perishing in a household accident.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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