death toll
Example Sentences
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While the official death toll remains 181, an aggregated figure gathered from local officials puts it higher - potentially at more than 240.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Choco was at the epicenter of the quake, and the death toll from the area was not immediately known.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Many of the missing never were found, and a precise death toll never was agreed on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sniffer dogs in Japan helped rescuers Friday make a final sweep of a shopping mall wrecked by an explosion after a big earthquake, as the death toll from the tremor three days earlier hit 35.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
The last griffin died as the clocks struck the half hour, and the noise rang out like a death toll through the sleeping city.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
