go extinct

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"People have generally found that the smaller a species' range size is, the more likely that species is to go extinct," said Wiens.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

"The impact of industrial fishing has been intensifying... and it's plausible that they will go extinct in the near future."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

We have become convinced that giving that up is tantamount to extinction—or maybe it’s just that we’d rather go extinct than have to give it up.

From Slate • May 14, 2025

“I’d hate to have to be trying to de-extinct wolves once they go extinct, right?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

Alas, we would probably go extinct, because we need the sun to do fusion and make light.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows