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Garner’s dying words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

The talkative nymph Echo was cursed by the goddess Hera to only repeat the dying words of others.

“Kiss me, Hardy” were the dying words of which naval hero?

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"My grandmother’s dying words were literally, ‘Marry Korean!'"

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An officer was fired for using a chokehold on Eric Garner, a Black New Yorker whose dying words “I can’t breathe” became a chant in protests against racial injustice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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