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fatally

[feyt-l-ee] / ˈfeɪt l i /


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"We're writing to government to tell them that the DBS system is fatally flawed," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Former Major League Baseball player Royce Clayton took the stand Friday in the wrongful death civil trial of Rebecca Grossman, who fatally hit two boys with her car in a Westlake Village crosswalk in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Every day, mother-of-three Sarah imagines her perfectly healthy young children are going to die in a car crash or fall fatally ill.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

After 18 May the Ptolemaic system, which had survived for more than 1,400 years, was fatally wounded.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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