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disappearance

[dis-uh-peer-uhns] / ˌdɪs əˈpɪər əns /


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Once Baptiste's disappearance was reported in the media last weekend, BBC Sport began investigating his whereabouts.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“The disappearance of the regent honeyeater’s song is a cultural issue, too,” Mr. Hoffman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Their disappearance can have serious consequences, says NCF conservation biologist Stella Egbe: "In places where the total collapse of vultures has happened, there has been impact of rising zoonotic diseases."

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

There’s his first line: “Fog took ’im,” Wyck says as the explanation for another fisherman’s mysterious disappearance in the pilot, delivered with utmost seriousness yet still landing like a punchline.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

With some there was great joy at the sight of Frank Churchill; others took it very composedly; but there was a very general distress and disturbance on Miss Fairfax’s disappearance being explained.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

There have been several disappearances and deaths in water during this summer's hot weather.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Years on, the doctor-turned-activist became one of the most recognisable faces of a movement demanding answers about enforced disappearances in the province.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has focused on distinguishing between disappearances committed by organized crime and those forced by state agents.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Ramos, who investigated and publicized the case, said "I'm now convinced that the sanctions came out on April 16 because a documentary that denounced those enforced disappearances."

From Barron's May 14, 2026

By focusing solely on Yakov’s death yet hinting at the disappearances of other boys, he had left the article open-ended like a penny dreadful.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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