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fatality

[fey-tal-i-tee, fuh-] / feɪˈtæl ɪ ti, fə- /


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Motorcycles, meanwhile, have one of the highest fatality rates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

It was the eighth racing or training fatality of 2026 at Santa Anita compared to three at this time last year and seven in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The Scottish Prison Service admitted in September that Marshall's death was unlawful - 10 years on from the fatality.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Eleven days after Lunas Campos died, 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz marked the third fatality in six weeks at the El Paso tent camp.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

This was the same kind of fatality rate as was seen with the black plague during the Middle Ages.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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