deadly

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But it is sharply satirical—not as funny as the early works of Evelyn Waugh, Aldous Huxley or the neglected Honor Tracy, but equally deadly in its critique of materialist society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The trend continued into the 1990s, with the likes of Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling and John Smoltz deploying it with deadly effectiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Rousseau had sparked controversy by issuing an English-only video message to express condolences after a deadly collision late on March 22 between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Founded after the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah, it was then forged in the deadly misery of the eight-year war with Iraq.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Yet as deadly as the secret that Hippasus revealed was, it was small compared to the dangers of zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife