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death march

NOUN
funeral procession
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Researchers, fire officials and land managers, among others, are working to control or slow the beetles’ death march.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2026

Taken prisoner, he survived concentration camps and a death march before the end of World War II.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2025

Her story went viral four years ago when she tried to find out more about the American soldier who liberated her from a death march in Germany.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2024

But watching them is hardly a death march — they're often sarcastic and focused on the weirder details of her former life, such as being told that girls and women never need haircuts:

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

There was a slow drumbeat playing like a death march from the altar.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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