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fatally

[feyt-l-ee] / ˈfeɪt l i /


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The son of a Mexican man fatally shot by US immigration officials in Texas demanded an investigation on Wednesday, with a leading civil rights group calling it a "possible murder."

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Decades afterward, now the most famous writer in America, Twain remained so convinced that mechanized typesetting could revolutionize the industry that he lost a fortune investing in one fatally flawed invention.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

"We're writing to government to tell them that the DBS system is fatally flawed," she said.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

There were a number of unanswered questions that seem to have fatally undermined the prosecution.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

I justified this desire by the fact that I was still in school, and I began, fatally, with Dostoevski.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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