demise
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Army, which saw the animal’s demise as a means of forcing Plains tribes onto reservations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"I think the measles very much contributed to that child's demise," said William Moss, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Either you rallied behind Chud or you rooted for his demise; either way, he got paid.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
As Royal Brougham had predicted back in June, rumors of his demise had proved premature, much to the relief of Joe and the other boys.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Their fanbase will often identify with them until such time as these outlaws finally meet their ultimate legal demises.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2024
By beginning this review with their demises, I haven’t planted a spoiler.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
If anything, the sentimentality of such demises lie not in the character’s fate but in an actor’s departure.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Outside the nine-episode series, the carving game is a legitimate children’s game that’s played in South Korea – sans gory demises.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021
No meagre substitute was supplied by forfeitures, by enforced demises of collegiate, capitular, and episcopal estates, by monopolies, and by letters of marque.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
Having spent the past 20 years in Mississippi, the couple will be remembered by friends and family for amassing a collection of nearly 1,000 announcements of the demised.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2018
Photograph: Rebecca Jewell/Ghosts of Gone Birds They are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011
Perhaps never was he so proud of them as last September, when "Rudy," their favorite fox terrier, unhappily demised.
From Time Magazine Archive
Struck with horror at this sight, Stephen de Mertoun hastened to the Bishop of London, and making confession of his guilt, demised his property to the Priory of Kilburn.
From Strange Pages from Family Papers by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
The shock had nearly caused Mr. Pinnock to qualify for the coffin himself; but he had not, nor had any other inhabitant of suitable size since demised.
From If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013
Vocabulary lists containing demise
Send a Message: Mit and Miss
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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