perish
Example Sentences
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Evolution occurs through random variation and natural selection: The strong survive and reproduce; the weak perish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Instead, there are scores of planets and moons where humans, if exposed to local conditions without life support, would perish immediately.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
"However, a much more severe disease arrives, one that improved varieties are normally more resistant to... and the local varieties perish, or perhaps don't produce fruit," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
Reduced bureaucracy could benefit west coast creel fisherman who sell directly into Europe and benefit from measures to reduce hold-ups for goods that perish quickly.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
Until now it has not occurred to Gogol that names die over time, that they perish just as people do.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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