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suicide

[soo-uh-sahyd] / ˈsu əˌsaɪd /


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Later in the film, Oppenheim depicts a brief glimpse of said figure, lurking in the bushes outside of Conradt’s home in the wake of his suicide.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Shermantine’s childhood friend Loren Herzog, the other half of the “Speed Freak” duo, died by suicide in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Swedish American Investment Corp. put most of its assets under the sway of Ivar Kreuger, an aggressive dealmaker who later died in an apparent suicide after his business empire crumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

One of the main ways the body eliminates unwanted cells is through apoptosis, a carefully controlled form of cellular "suicide."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

The world was full of fathers—was therefore full of misery; full of mothers—therefore of every kind of perversion from sadism to chastity; full of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts—full of madness and suicide.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

The Prince of Wales is launching a scheme that aims to use the influence of sport to help prevent suicides, with the support of sports stars including Harry Kane, Kelly Holmes and Alan Shearer.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Licadho said it has documented 23 suicides and dozens of cases of migration, child labor and decreased food consumption linked to microfinance debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Police officers are now required to check for a history of domestic abuse in suicides and other unexpected deaths.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

In July, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to address “the alarming rise in suicides and disconnection among California’s young men and boys.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

“Yeah, but making you do suicides is all he’s got,” Marcus said.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

The same goes for so much of Picasso's art – from his homage to a suicided young friend, The Death of Casagemas, to his last desperate self-portraits.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2013

Yes, surely;—and introducing, we remark withal, the "New Era," of Philanthropy, Enlightenment and so much else; with French Revolution, and a "world well suicided" hanging in the rear!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Thomas Carlyle

I could easily have fancied myself a tourist, especially so at Matachin when "Mac" solemnly attempted to "spring" on me the old tourist hoax of suicided Chinamen as the derivation of the town's name.

From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Harry Alverson Franck



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