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[mawr-bid] / ˈmɔr bɪd /


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Next steps: It may feel morbid to plan for life as a widow or widower, but smart advance tax-planning strategies mean facing the “what-ifs.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

"This is going to sound a little morbid: I'm going to live my life, and it's going to end. When it ends, I'm going somewhere else, and I'm not going to be here any more."

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“In this interregnum,” he continued, “appear a great variety of morbid symptoms.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Needle drops of Celtic folksongs and poems set to music give the impression that every Irish dirge yearns to get as morbid as “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

They hid their morbid curiosity behind the shield of scientific investigation.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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