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The review, chaired by Sir David Holmes, sought to identify missed safeguarding opportunities, and to learn lessons from what the review called the "extreme case" of baby Victoria's death.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Balanophora species represent an extreme case because they do not photosynthesize and instead draw nutrients from the roots of host plants.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

He’s an extreme case of a phenomenon that has an official name: post-founder syndrome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Eli feels a strong connection to Noah, sometimes feeling what he feels, but as a man of science, he frames it as “some extreme case of transference-counter transference.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

“I was fighting an extreme case of powerlessness.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin