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die

[dahy] / daɪ /




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He praised the official -- known for trying to enhance Ukraine's drone technology -- for trying to ensure that "fewer soldiers die and that drones fight in their place".

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

"You can't die like this," his sister Khadija told Italian media.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

“You can have somebody die during the estrangement,” says Christine Droney, a licensed clinical social worker in Lititz, Pa., who often sees clients who are grieving the impact of estrangements they initiated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

You may die, but your songs will be remembered 100 years from now.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Or how you might even die because of something Dr.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

After his success in Makerfield and then the Labour leadership contest, will Andy Burnham fancy another throw of the dice?

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

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

The house that stood in the middle of the compound was small, compact like dice, and it was hard to imagine Papa and Aunty Ifeoma growing up here.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In some cases, relatives flee homes when a family member dies, without informing authorities, leaving highly infectious corpses unattended for days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Fed officials might be willing to wait, however, to see if the Mideast conflict dies down and reduces the pressure on energy prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

When Faye’s beloved college professor dies suddenly and she’s asked to speak at a memorial ceremony, nostalgia and flattery make her drop everything and hightail it back to the leafy northeastern college town.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Back in England, Edward the Confessor dies in January 1066 - and Harold claims the throne for himself.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Nobody dies on a Wednesday—hadn't these people learned anything?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The Oscar nominee died in 2020 at 43 years old after privately battling colon cancer for four years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died "unexpectedly" on 8 July, aged 75, at a Portugal hospital, "as a result of the illness that she was being treated for", her family said.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

When Graham died earlier this month, Netanyahu hailed the South Carolina senator as a “great patriot.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

At least 18 U.S. service members have died in the war.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

“My wife died birthing him,” Grandpa laments as if it were days, not decades, ago.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Are you living and dieing by weather forecasts?

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

About the nearest tew absolute insolvency that a man kan git in this world, and think he iz dieing rich, iz to leave nothing but a pedigree tew hiz family.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

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

Coquets, and prudes, ought tew be compelled to hunt in couples, so that when the coquet haz wounded the game, the prude kan nuss the dieing viktim.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Regular exercise like running or walking strengthens the heart and reduces the chances of dying from cardiovascular disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

"Obviously with my dad dying, it's been so hard for her. And I've tried to help her through it a lot."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

‘I am at a loss’: My brother is dying.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

As the title suggests, “Out of Time” is less about the living city than the dying one, with a sliver of hope carved out of the ash, rubble and pyroclastic surge.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

I pictured my mother, holding me in her arms, dying, ready to give me a name, a name that would overpower all the magic that had trapped her.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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