die unexpectedly
Example Sentences
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About 40 children and young people aged under 18 die unexpectedly in the UK every year from unknown causes, in which investigations failed to uncover a reason.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
And he does not want to leave his clients high and dry should he die unexpectedly.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
Investors may worry they’ll die unexpectedly after relinquishing that pile of cash to an insurer, leaving their heirs with nothing.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Posts on social media cheered one such new study this week, heralding the research as identifying the reason hundreds of babies die unexpectedly each year.
From The Verge • May 13, 2022
The idea had got into his mind that he would some time die unexpectedly and always when he got into bed he thought of that.
From Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life by Anderson, Sherwood