suicide
Example Sentences
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“Having access to gender-affirming medical care kept this young person from deep depression and suicide.”
From Salon
Just six months after her exchange with Epstein, the disgraced financier would be dead in his prison cell - a result of suicide, according to a medical examiner.
From BBC
The 2015 legislation that was struck down by the constitutional court allowed assisted suicide for “altruistic motives” but prohibited offering it to someone else “on business terms.”
From Seattle Times
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle close to a military check-point in nearby North Waziristan district, killing three soldiers and several civilians, the army said.
From Reuters
Lee’s sisters, Carol Lee and Nancy Lee, confirmed on social media that the “Reflection” singer died Wednesday as a result of a suicide attempt a few days earlier at her Hong Kong home.
From Los Angeles Times
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