mortally
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“The 1988 election was the breaking moment that mortally wounded the single-party system in Mexico,” said Fernando Belaunzarán, a former leftist student leader and politician who supported Cárdenas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He was mortally wounded in Normandy, but his death in a British hospital meant he had not been formally commemorated.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
As a skinny teenage busboy, Juan Romero knelt beside a mortally wounded Bobby Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
And now, it is mortally threatened by a devastating, invading competitor.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Granny was sending my brother to fetch Grandpa, of whom I was mortally afraid.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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