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[dahy-ing] / ˈdaɪ ɪŋ /




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Forty years later, Kendrick Lamar borrowed Gadson’s intricate rhythm pattern for “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst,” from the rapper’s 2012 breakthrough album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Ultimately, “Against the Dying of the Light” succeeds as a whole because it’s so layered, offering aesthetic beauty and room-filling atmosphere on the surface and tangled concepts to wrestle with the deeper you go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

He also contributed to the debate about assisted dying through his work with Dignity in Dying, his family said.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Dr. Dugdale is a physician and ethicist at Columbia University and the author of “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Dying weed and moss crusted its smooth edges.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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