- singular of dice.
die
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Once they transform into adults and their skin becomes keratinized, they become vulnerable to infection, often leading to mass die offs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
More than half of adults with learning disabilities in England die before the age of 65, an annual report into mortality suggests.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In the event that you die before your wife, your Social Security payments will be more useful to her if you delay claiming than if you were to take them now.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Jennifer Aniston has a problem that most aspiring actors would die to have: She’s too beloved.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
“This isn’t a simulation. If we die there, we don’t just wake up back here.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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And this time the roll of the dice didn’t work, with Turkey getting its only win of the tournament on its last touch of the World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
They rolled the dice with Nancy and made a dreadful blunder.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
“In rolling the dice on such a big transaction, he is undoubtedly taking a risk.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“There is no way to slice and dice this report to water down the horrible headline,” writes John Ryding, chief economic advisor at Brean Capital.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
On June 18, Dr. McIlroy suddenly “discovered” that he had brought his dice along, and betting with the “rattlers” became a popular game.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Lindsey Graham, longtime Republican senator, dies at 71.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Under the Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act, if a president dies in office, the vice president immediately becomes president and commander in chief.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
And opportunities for students to hear direct accounts from survivors are becoming few and far between as that generation dies out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
If a married person dies without a will, their estate goes to their spouse.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The chanting dies off for a second, but then there's a loud crash.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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"Unfortunately, it won't bring them back," said Possetti, whose sister, nephew, niece, and brother-in-law died when pillar 9 of the bridge collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Among the British nationals who died were couple Pete and Fran Gillam, who lived in Bédar, the village that bore the brunt of the wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
One dog aboard the vessel also died in the accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Navalny died in a remote Arctic prison in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
We haven’t had a chance to work on it much since Pops died.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Are you living and dieing by weather forecasts?
From Time Magazine Archive
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The hum buggs don’t generally live a grate while at once, but have the fackulty ov dieing in one place, and being suddenly born in another.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
"It's more interesting than dieing, and will be a novelty in this House."
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
And ye mr of ye ship & some 6. of ye mariners dieing, it seemed they could not find ye bay, till after long seeking & beating aboute.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William
Now see here, Miss Bab, you've just come Home, and there was trouble at your last vacation that I'm like to remember to my dieing day.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Another issue facing women in retirement is a coming potential boom in money transferring to the control of women, either through a spouse dying or through an inheritance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Until now, scientists have not fully understood how α-synuclein enters healthy neurons after escaping from dying ones.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
"We should tell people that the river is dying and we need to help it."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
"We have an aging population. How we can stop or slow neurons from dying is an enormous problem," says Strittmatter.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Akira was dying to know, but she didn’t want to press Sue, especially now.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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