casualty
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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The BBC has not independently confirmed the casualty figures claimed by the Pakistani and Taliban governments in the latest attacks.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The World Health Organization said the immediate needs included mass casualty management and trauma care, particularly in areas with collapsed buildings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
"Our findings significantly shift tubulin's role in neurodegeneration, from a passive casualty of disease to an active protector against toxic protein aggregation," Ferreon said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
A word bravely soldiers on for years, until one day it falls facedown in the trenches, its original meaning a casualty of misuse.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Kuwait said its military intercepted two ballistic missiles and 13 drones, but that none had resulted in material damage of casualties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Tens of thousands of people were without power Tuesday on Guam and the Northern Marianas after a super typhoon tore through the US Pacific territories, with no casualties reported.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
A doctor at a hospital in the city told the BBC they were struggling to cope with the influx of casualties.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In one dramatic episode, an American ship, the Philadelphia, was grounded on a reef and captured, but in 1804, the Americans launched a successful mission to rescue her with no casualties.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Total casualties on both sides were around a half million.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing casualty
The Things They Carried
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The American Civil War
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A Long Way Gone
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