casualty

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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

"Our findings significantly shift tubulin's role in neurodegeneration, from a passive casualty of disease to an active protector against toxic protein aggregation," Ferreon said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

Dr Iain Overton - executive director at the UK-based charity Action on Armed Violence - said the conflict being fought across multiple countries means casualty figures "are often incomplete, delayed or impossible to independently verify".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Investing in private funds, which are illiquid—meaning investors can’t cash out whenever they like—is a riskier proposition for property and casualty insurers than for firms that sell life policies and annuities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The bust had extracted a terrible toll, and the list of people and institutions that had been destroyed read like a horrible casualty list.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger