deadly
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The city has struggled in recent years with persistent homelessness, sky-high housing prices, job losses in Hollywood and the deadly wildfires last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Japan has urged citizens to stockpile food and essentials for the typhoon season, and to secure outdoor furniture that could become deadly projectiles when typhoon winds hit.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Now, scientists have uncovered compelling evidence pointing to a deadly fungal disease as the likely explanation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
She was abroad in Ghana as part of a presidential delegation when deadly wildfires erupted in early 2025.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
“Like any shepherd, you must lead the fellows back, yes? The night is a deadly cold blanket for lost travelers, my glorious archmonk.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Russia has improved Iran’s original design to make Shahed drones deadlier and harder to intercept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
"Weapons evolve faster than political decisions meant to stop them," Zelensky said, saying that the Iranian-designed Shahed drones that Russia uses have become much deadlier as the war drags on.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
Through these mutations, they can become more contagious, evade immunity, and become deadlier.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025
Only dioxins, which come primarily from burning waste materials, are deadlier than airborne hexavalent chromium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
As lions became deadlier, so gazelles evolved to run faster, hyenas to cooperate better, and rhinoceroses to be more bad-tempered.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
It has since become the deadliest in the country's history, with a fatality rate of 48.6% reported at the end of last month.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Throughout the book, Krakauer recounts his attempt to summit Mount Everest the year earlier in what would become, at the time, the mountain’s deadliest season.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
One of Europe's deadliest train disasters this century has raised fresh questions about safety on Spain's rail network after the transport minister reported an "error" and "inexplicable circumstances" that led to the crash.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The transport minister said a computer failure followed by human error caused the crash, which is one of the worst in Europe's modern history, and Spain's deadliest train disaster in 13 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Even botulism, the deadliest toxin ever known, needed at least 1 nanogram per kilogram to kill a human.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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