death toll
Example Sentences
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As commercial flying has got safer, the death toll from suspected intentional crashes increasingly stands out, reports Andrew Tangel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The official death toll from the blazes stands at 12, but independent news outlets believe the figure to be much higher.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The death toll from the disaster in Tibet has risen from 31 to 43, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
On the Tibetan side, the death toll reported by Chinese media on Friday was 31, with 531 people unaccounted for.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The last griffin died as the clocks struck the half hour, and the noise rang out like a death toll through the sleeping city.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
