toll
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Brand also told jurors of the personal toll of the high-profile rape and sexual assault allegations, claiming friends and collaborators cut ties and that no one with relevant evidence wanted to testify on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off Senegal rose to 39 on Monday, authorities said -- one of the country's deadliest migration tragedies in recent years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
The death toll has risen to 55 people, Zelensky said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
The financial and emotional toll of infertility treatments spills over into women’s work lives in ways that can affect their careers and income for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
She was still sound asleep in the dim morning light—four late nights in a row had taken their toll.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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