dead-on

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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office said Celeste was declared dead on Sept. 8, one day after her 15th birthday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Cynthia Renee Gonzalez was pronounced dead on Sept. 22, 1991.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

On Feb. 26, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar who spoke little English, was found dead on a street in Buffalo, New York.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

The 59-year-old rode to election victory on a wave of patriotism stemming from the border conflict with Cambodia that left scores dead on both sides last year and displaced more than one million people.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

He’d eat poison and not know it until he was dead on his paws.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz