die out
Example Sentences
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I tried to explain what Togbe had told me about how the dam had changed salt levels in the Lower Volta, making waterweeds and bilharzia spread, and causing the clams to die out.
From Literature
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Many are upset over the way O'Donnell has been treated and are concerned the beloved town could die out or be commercialised.
From BBC
“It’s also extraordinarily expensive, because you can only use the naturally shed feathers of the pegasus—otherwise they’d have died out long ago. A single sail’s worth might take a weaver two years to collect.”
From Literature
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Hyrox is a fitness craze that shows no signs of dying out - with 1.3m people expected to compete in an event somewhere in the world this year.
From BBC
Now it was up to Owen to make sure they didn’t die out here.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.