casualty
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Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a call of a mass casualty event around 9:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Now it looks like Doug Beattie is about to become the first high profile casualty.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The war has already contributed to one casualty in the industry: Spirit Airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
"I wish we did not land there after the first casualty, because along with us, there were a hundred more passengers, and they were interacting with the islanders," he said.
From Barron's • May 6, 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
Vocabulary lists containing casualty
The Things They Carried
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The American Civil War
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A Long Way Gone
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