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inquest

noun as in investigation

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While climbing, he touched a floodlight which delivered the shock, an inquest previously heard.

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A nine-month-old baby killed by his family's XL bully dog has been named at the opening of an inquest into his death.

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A fresh set of inquests in 2016 and 2021 concluded that the 97 victims of the disaster were unlawfully killed and fans did not cause the deadly crush in the Leppings Lane end.

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A British woman died in Australia after becoming trapped under a campervan, an inquest has heard.

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The opening of an inquest into his death was told Mr Silcox fell into an atrium stairwell "following the collapse of a wooden bannister" in the early hours of 25 October.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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