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fatality

[fey-tal-i-tee, fuh-] / feɪˈtæl ɪ ti, fə- /


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Motorcycles, meanwhile, have one of the highest fatality rates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Eleven days after Lunas Campos died, 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz marked the third fatality in six weeks at the El Paso tent camp.

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

While Nipah carries a high fatality rate and lacks approved vaccines, the probability of it developing into a global pandemic remains low, limiting any sustained upside for glove demand, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

In many parts of the world the fatality rate from parathion is startling: 100 fatal cases in India and 67 in Syria in 1958, and an average of 336 deaths per year in Japan.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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