perish

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Australia's top order showed a greater runscoring intent early in the chase only to perish to a mixture of poor strokeplay and impressive bowling.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Evolution occurs through random variation and natural selection: The strong survive and reproduce; the weak perish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put it simply in 1961, another era when it seemed America would split into pieces: “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

Instead, there are scores of planets and moons where humans, if exposed to local conditions without life support, would perish immediately.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Then he said, “Without a doubt, I must perish; there is no way I can get out of this narrow prison.”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke