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suicide

[soo-uh-sahyd] / ˈsu əˌsaɪd /


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Over half of transgender youth have had suicidal thoughts in their lifetime and 31 percent have made at least one suicide attempt, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Al-Hussaini’s family is publicly challenging the medical examiner’s suicide ruling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Employees facing misconduct allegations would be informed of the possible outcomes before being asked to respond and a suicide prevention framework was being developed, it added.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Xavier’s aunt, Elizabeth Amaya, said Tuesday that she challenged the finding of suicide because if not for the fight, she said, Xavier would not have fled the classroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Well, Scott, we aren’t the suicide hotline, but if you like, we have a five-step exercise for managing anxiety. Would you like to try it?”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

Politicians in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh blamed microfinance loans for a wave of suicides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

He believes a recent spate of deputy suicides was tied to burnout from long hours, but said the department should be encouraging employees to recruit their friends and family.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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

There were still questions about the wheel’s safety, and unfounded stories circulated about suicides and accidents, including one that alleged that a frightened pug had leaped to its death from one of the car’s windows.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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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