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If Evy is virtually alone in a house where strange noises are occurring at all hours, what would possess her to put on noise-canceling headphones, other than a death wish?

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

Carter found that such high-sensation seekers are unequivocal on one point: they do not have a death wish.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

An attack on him was a "death wish by the attacker" he said, and he thanked Congress for approving more money for the Secret Service.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

I don’t have some kind of death wish.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

Waking a nest full of pixies is a death wish.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff



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