local death

Example Sentences

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A person found dead Monday in Southeast Portland likely succumbed to record temperatures — the first suspected local death related to Oregon’s heat wave, health officials said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023

But Hopper has many other things on his mind, including a shocking local death and reports of a mysterious runaway.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2021

The local death toll had climbed to 18 as of Sunday night, and the total cases here surpassed 100.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2020

In Cumbria, an assessment in November by the county council found "the local death rate is currently significantly higher than the national average."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2018

The toxins of the streptococci are exceedingly virulent, and induce local death of tissue so rapidly that the protective emigration of leucocytes fails to take place.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis