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take a life



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People may well get enough time to take a life safety action like “Drop, Cover and Hold On” – as long as they are sufficiently far away from the fault itself.

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2023

It’s important to find criminals who take a life and hold them accountable, and I pray the police will find Robb’s killer and bring this person to justice.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

"We need to start believing that people's lives matter, nobody has the right to take a life," she told WPVI-TV.

From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2021

“The state can no longer take a life away only because someone is sick, disabled, in poor health,” PiS lawmaker Bartlomiej Wroblewski told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jan. 27, 2021

How could he stop testifying to the risks of texting and driving when someone out there might still do it, and take a life?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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