die

Example Sentences

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“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

But if you die first, your $100,000 equity and $30,000 in stocks go to your husband, and your kids get zero — nothing, zilch, nada.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Last fall, our writer Dave Shedloski chose this hill to die on, “Fellow Golfers, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Gimme’ Putt.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The Shady Glen residents were the living waiting to die.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman