demise

Inevitably, such an anniversary will have some worrying that the bull is showing signs of age, with chances of its demise increasing as it trundles on.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Much remains unknown about what led to Jackie’s demise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Dr Peter Harrowing, assistant coroner for Avon, said: "I am satisfied that it was the physiological effect of the aircraft turbulence which precipitated the cardiac arrest and ultimately Geoff's demise."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

New geopolitical realities seemed possible—the demise of the European colonial order, the rise of the U.S. as a superpower and the transformation of Asia into a region of nation-states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Decades later, Lkossan academics still occasionally spoke of old Nkrumah, musing over his infamous demise and disappearance.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Along with the celebrities, the Loserbards also recounted the unusual demises of some otherwise unknown folks.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022

If anything, the sentimentality of such demises lie not in the character’s fate but in an actor’s departure.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

Outside the nine-episode series, the carving game is a legitimate children’s game that’s played in South Korea – sans gory demises.

From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021

Several grim demises later, it spoils nothing to say that she's a changed person.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2019

“He had written a lively book about the law of demises, with a vast quantity of marginal notes and references.”

From Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald

Having spent the past 20 years in Mississippi, the couple will be remembered by friends and family for amassing a collection of nearly 1,000 announcements of the demised.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2018

Photograph: Rebecca Jewell/Ghosts of Gone Birds They are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011

Perhaps never was he so proud of them as last September, when "Rudy," their favorite fox terrier, unhappily demised.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the suggestion of Newfangle 'he danceth as evil-favoured as may be demised, and in the dancing he falleth down, and when he riseth he must groan', according to the stage-direction.

From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne

John B. Waldo, recently demised, was also a pupil of mine for about two years.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Orange Jacobs

The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013