death toll
Example Sentences
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The total death toll from Israeli attacks since the start of the war in Gaza now stands at more than 74,000, according to the Gaza health ministry.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
As commercial flying has got safer, the death toll from suspected intentional crashes increasingly stands out, reports Andrew Tangel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A virulent strain can kill more children in a bad year regardless of vaccine uptake, and the annual death toll has occasionally whipsawed for other reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
While North Korea has never officially acknowledged the death toll from the Kursk operation, a BBC Korea analysis of the memorial site estimated that 2,300 soldiers were killed fighting for Russia.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
But since the need was so urgent and the death toll so high, the West swallowed its disgust and delivered more than one billion dollars' worth of food to North Korea between 1995 and 2003.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
