demise
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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
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
In September, it began introducing Target Beauty Studios in more than 600 stores, following the demise of a partnership with Ulta Beauty earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But in the wild hours of shock and celebration that greeted the news of the gods’ demise, they must have forgotten to secure the ropes properly.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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
But we can also count on such demises being rendered in ways fitting to how the character lived.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2019
Just supposing the 'God of Surprises' Appeared in the glow of a coal, With a promise before he demises To take us away from this hole And do just whatever we long to do.
From Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington
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
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Shortly after he learned to roll a safe game of Pool, the Governor demised.
From Ade's Fables by George Ade
They demised it to the same Gaillard and Agnes his wife for their lives, with remainder to Roger, son of Gaillard, for his life.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013
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