fatality

Example Sentences

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By the next day, records show that Geraldo Lunas Campos had died at the facility, marking the second fatality in weeks at the hastily constructed Fort Bliss Army tent structure known as Camp East Montana.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

It was the sole U.S. fatality among 25 reported shark bites nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases, with a fatality rate of 95 percent if untreated, causing fever, weight loss, and enlargement of the spleen and liver.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

The mayor of Austin, Texas, Kirk Watson, posted on social media on Sunday that "we have experienced the first fatality related to this winter storm. This fatality is exposure-related".

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Did we repeat the experiment, we should instead inoculate in the leg, which, being further removed from the pneumatic, electrico-aetherial, and hydraulico- vascular machinery, is less likely to lead to internal corrosion and fatality, viz.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson