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perished



ADJECTIVE
fallen
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A pocket watch received by the Carpathia's Captain Arthur Rostron, from the wealthy widow of one of those aboard who perished, sold at auction in 2024 for a record-breaking £1.56m.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Official records list disease as the cause of death for most of the boys who perished.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

In Argentina, roughly 1,300 sea lions and fur seals perished.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Keats perished at 25, Shelley at 29 and Byron at 36.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In the last eleven months of volunteering at the chevra kadisha, I had washed old men who perished on the streets, workers killed in factory accidents, and children taken by illness.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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