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fatality

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


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She is involved in a bus accident that results in a fatality and, with the crusading passion that so many people felt after 9/11, decides to get involved as a witness and truth-teller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

On Sunday, Japanese authorities said the 10th fatality was a man in his 30s who was found dead at his home from carbon monoxide poisoning.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The third fatality was a man of unknown age found collapsed on the street, and the fourth a person of undetermined gender and age.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The storm’s one recorded fatality died overnight, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday, adding that about 80 rescues have been made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

“You travelled to seek happiness, but a fatality seems to pursue you. And poor Clerval—”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

Long Beach has been working toward this vision since it adopted its bicycle master plan 25 years ago, now with mounting urgency as auto-related fatalities rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Vegetation fires spreading beyond the immediate burn zone add perhaps hundreds of fatalities from burning, smoke inhalation and vehicle crashes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Those deaths were the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. in a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Greater Manchester and West Sussex were unable to provide data on casualties, fatalities, and the number of fires that happened in dwellings.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

There are no official reports as yet of injuries or fatalities.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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