deadly
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India is stepping up monitoring of its Himalayan regions bordering China and Nepal, days after the deadly flood apparently triggered by a glacial collapse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Despite the deadly Eaton fire, bonuses awarded to Pedro Pizarro, the chief executive of Edison International and other executives soared last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The 43-year-old is now among at least 290 Indians reported missing after deadly flash floods struck along Nepal's border with Tibet.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
It successfully targeted a common cancer mutation, resulting in a drug that nearly doubled how long people with pancreatic cancer survived—a remarkable breakthrough for a notoriously deadly disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The avenging mouse swung the sword up high; a million lights flashed from its deadly blade as it struck.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Russia has improved Iran’s original design to make Shahed drones deadlier and harder to intercept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
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
“You may have noticed one member of the Deadpool Corps was far deadlier than the rest. WELSHPOOL,” said Reynolds on X, formerly known as Twitter.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2024
For one reason or another, the virus became a lot deadlier.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
The US Geological Survey said the disaster -- the deadliest for Nepal since a 2015 earthquake -- was caused by a glacial collapse that triggered a vast flow of icy debris.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The drug, daraxonrasib, sold under the brand name Rasonque and manufactured by Revolution Medicines, appears to be a breakthrough in treating one of the world's deadliest cancers.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The FDA approves a new therapy against one of the deadliest cancers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A 2023 American Civil Liberties Union report found that of the 10 deadliest school shootings in two decades, eight happened on campuses that already had surveillance cameras.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
She had five minutes left—five minutes during which she not only had to identify the poisons in seven goblets, but arrange them in the order of the most benign to the deadliest.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
