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casualty

[kazh-oo-uhl-tee] / ˈkæʒ u əl ti /




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Volkswagen VOW3 -1.63%decrease; red down pointing triangle will stop producing the ID.4 electric crossover at its Tennessee assembly plant, the latest casualty in the U.S. auto industry’s retreat from EVs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The authorities have not yet provided any casualty figures but family members and eyewitnesses told the BBC of four separate deaths in the city.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"As they say, the first casualty of war is truth," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway has formed a strategic alliance with one of the world’s best-run property and casualty insurers.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The last casualty that we saw that evening was a woman who carried her baby on her back.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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