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suicide

[soo-uh-sahyd] / ˈsu əˌsaɪd /


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The claims, for which Homeland Security spent $96 million, show detainees were treated for a wide variety of conditions, including strokes, pregnancy, suicide attempts and frostbite.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The Police Federation said more than 100 police officers and staff across the country had died by suicide since 2022.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It is not meant to replace humans and cannot bring down Japan's suicide rate -- the highest in the G7 -- alone, she stressed.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Epstein’s death was ruled a suicide, but it’s continued to drive scrutiny, skepticism and conspiracy theories in the years since.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Dear Diary, Our class is reading the part in The Catcher in the Rye where Hodlen Caulfield talks about his friend’s suicide.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Local human-rights groups have tied excessive microfinance debt to suicides, migration, child labor and decreased food consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

He believes a recent spate of deputy suicides was tied to burnout from long hours, but said the department should be encouraging employees to recruit their friends and family.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Police officers are now required to check for a history of domestic abuse in suicides and other unexpected deaths.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Fatalities in ICE custody are typically the result of poor medical care or suicides, said Shuchart, the former Trump oversight official.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2026

Coach had us run suicides for twenty minutes, his way of punishing us for being part of something stupid.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

The same goes for so much of Picasso's art – from his homage to a suicided young friend, The Death of Casagemas, to his last desperate self-portraits.

From The Guardian Jul. 10, 2013

Yes, surely;—and introducing, we remark withal, the "New Era," of Philanthropy, Enlightenment and so much else; with French Revolution, and a "world well suicided" hanging in the rear!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Carlyle, Thomas

I could easily have fancied myself a tourist, especially so at Matachin when "Mac" solemnly attempted to "spring" on me the old tourist hoax of suicided Chinamen as the derivation of the town's name.

From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson



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