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missing

Definition for missing

adjective as in gone, absent

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“We have not located any survivors,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said Saturday evening, adding that it was “safe to say” the 16 missing people had died.

A Canadian official said if anything was missing from the cargo, it could delay construction on the base by a year, until the next sealift.

At least 12 have died in the conflict and 16 remain missing.

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Orchestrating it all was interim coach Tim Skipper, who has his team playing with a focus and vitality that were clearly missing under DeShaun Foster.

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Recovery teams are still clinging to hope of finding any of the missing alive, but assume the missing are deceased, said Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis.

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