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lethal

[lee-thuhl] / ˈli θəl /


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A security hawk, Takaichi has boosted defense spending in Japan and relaxed restrictions on exports of lethal weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Dahlia and Mark sort through the brutalizing, even lethal implications for asylum seekers and more than 1 million recipients of temporary protected status, or TPS.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

The firefighters union began work on the tax proposal more than two years ago, before the inferno that erupted on Jan. 7, 2025, and carved a lethal path through Pacific Palisades and other communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

"He's lethal right now in front of goal. Let's just hope it keeps going like this."

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

They prefer to take it for granted that we only die because we get sick, with one lethal ailment or another, and if we did not have our diseases we might go on indefinitely.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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