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die

[dahy] / daɪ /




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You are the one — not your father — who has to live or die by your investment decisions.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

In these diseases, the retina's photoreceptor cells, which detect incoming light, gradually deteriorate and die.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Philosophers call this tendency “hauntology”: Political ideas and movements may die, but they continue to haunt our present.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

His sentence meant he would die in prison.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

I then start the run up the Yukon River and inside of four hours I thought I was going to die of gastric distress.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Choosing to take Social Security at 62 versus 70 is a roll of the dice.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

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

That, and the fact that many of the people making these movies and shows rolled 20-sided dice with their pals back in the day.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

In his time as Scotland head coach, Steve Clarke has been pelted with flak for his risk-averse management, his innate caution, his reluctance to roll the dice.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

They all took turns rolling the dice and moving their pieces through the squares in different parts of Harmonee.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

When he dies those will go to beneficiaries income-tax-free in the form of a death benefit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

"The feeling you get when you open your new parcels is always amazing until the dopamine hit dies down and the cycle repeats."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

"They want me to sign a paper that says that if the baby dies due to lack of a nursery, they won't be responsible."

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

No one dies wishing they had worked more than they needed to — but plenty do wishing they had spent more time with their loved ones.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

When a powerful man dies, a lot of work needs to be done.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

Norwegians have been laying flowers outside the royal palace in Oslo since news broke that Harald had died on Friday.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Days after Dolly Parton died, we’re still discovering ways that she made people’s lives better.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

"It is very easy to tell when a person or a dog has died, whereas other features of aging health are a bit more nuanced."

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Across the border in Tibet, which is largely inaccessible to foreign journalists -- seven people died and 554 remain missing, the state Xinhua news agency reported early Saturday.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

“Christoffels? He died in the fuel shortage last winter.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Are you living and dieing by weather forecasts?

From Time Magazine Archive

For instance, Mr. Jones says this dieing back is due to late grafting.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association

You may have heard for this long while he was dieing of the ——; he now come abroad and look a divel, or at least a sad memento mori.

From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by George A. Aitken

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 Mary Roberts Rinehart

This summer, great death chanced in this land, manie dieing of the pestilence, wherewith sundrie places were infected.

From Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV by Raphael Holinshed

Organisers of a Christian festival say they are "devastated" after a sign fell at their event and injured seven people, with one man dying at the scene.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Scientists expect it to capture dying stars, newly discovered worlds, galaxy clusters and many other targets.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

In a villa on the Bay of Naples, a dying general and statesman, only 50 years old, begins to record his extraordinarily eventful life in the short time left to him.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Finally, a homeowner runs the risk of dying before the full amount is paid out, although payments can still go to a surviving spouse, partner or beneficiary.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

“No one’s dying tonight,” she said lightly, hoping that it was true.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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