death toll

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Haiti's Le Nouvelliste newspaper first reported the death toll, citing Petit.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Kino’s hypocrisy stems from the same swamp as the original’s fictitious Dr. Gröss, whose lurid footage climaxed with a tsk-tsking screed against poverty, pollution and fascism as major contributors to the global death toll.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The true death toll is probably higher; given that there are so many chimps in a large area, some deaths go unrecorded, according to the study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Spending at this rate, Peltier said, is “definitely not” sustainable, to say nothing of the ever-rising death toll, many of which are children.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

But in 2012, new research indicated that the death toll was higher, at least 750,000 men or almost 2.4 percent of the population.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly