loss

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A meditation on the loss of avian populations is also a joyous celebration of birds in all their glorious variety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

In a post on X, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said efforts were under way to bring the sailors' bodies back, describing their deaths as a "profound loss" to India's maritime community.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Meta stock was down 0.6% in afternoon trading Friday after bouncing between a gain and a loss all session.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Mother and son enact a similar situation where, after a more permanent leave-taking, she can catch a glimpse of her son recovering himself sufficiently to survive her loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Autumn is hard of hearing; she has postlingual hearing loss in both ears, which basically means that she experienced her hearing loss after she learned how to talk.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer