mortal
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The stories frame the all-consuming desire for retaliation as an integral aspect of our mortal lives; no one gets out without hankering for a bit of vengeance.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
In fact, a number of gains are to be had by deleting the backlight, starting with greater aero efficiency—critical, since the Polestar 4 is all-electric, and aero drag is the mortal enemy of range.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
That would be considered a mortal sin by the vast majority of football fandom.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Though no response, spirit or mortal, was recorded, it’s assumed that the clever Miss Allen remained a skeptic.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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