deadly
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While attacks at the Strait of Hormuz have abated for now, those at the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea have turned deadly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
When the U.S. carried out a deadly strike on an all-girls school, legislators were quick to ask if the AI model was to blame.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Dozens of Gaza students who won scholarships to universities in Italy are still waiting to be evacuated due to bureaucratic red tape, leaving qualified students in a deadly conflict zone, AFP has found.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Five vehicles were involved in the deadly incident at the North La Brea and West Beach Avenues, according to Los Angeles County Fire Dept. public information office Jonathon Torres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Fire could look so harmless and be so deadly.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Bacterial meningitis, as seen in this outbreak, is rarer and deadlier than the viral type.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
That means more people will skip coverage, see doctors less and forgo prescriptions as minor health problems that are not caught early balloon into bigger, deadlier and costlier conditions.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
While about 500,000 people a year die from excessive heat, he says, “surprisingly, excessive cold is far deadlier, killing nearly ten times more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
An outbreak in 2018-20 was far deadlier, claiming more than 2,000 lives.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
It was a stupid comparison, anyway—hollowgast were scarier, and probably deadlier, than any movie monster.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate risks facing California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Nearly 900 Rohingya were reported dead or missing at sea in 2025, the deadliest year on record, according to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, is the deadliest blaze in modern British history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Norway has opened a new memorial for the 77 victims of the country's deadliest terror attack in peacetime, days before its 15th anniversary.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"But unicorns are the deadliest, fiercest, and most bloodthirsty of all creatures, both mundane and supernatural. Their kill ratio is six times higher than a dragon's."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
