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Last year, 21 gray whales were found dead around San Francisco Bay and 40% of those were from ship collisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

If AI lives up to the hopes of the bulls, dividend investing will be, if not dead, in an even deeper slumber.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"The divers, unable to find the exit corridor, found themselves in a corridor to the left of what would have been the exit, which, however, was a dead end," she said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Once the war was on, the isolationist movement was largely dead and buried — and stayed that way for almost 75 years.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Because of the Nanuak, Wolf might be dead.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver