terminally ill
Example Sentences
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"Rubio spoke about aiding the homeless, terminally ill and those afflicted by leprosy," Sister Marie Juan of Missionaries of Charity told reporters after his hour-and-a-half-long visit.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Argamani’s father, Yacov Argamani, said his only wish was for his daughter to be freed by Hamas in time to see her terminally ill mother one more time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
In Florida, a viral video shows a woman, overwhelmed with emotion, pleading with an immigration judge to free her terminally ill father from ICE detention.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
Several of the people who were listed as terminally ill beneficiaries for the claims allegedly had common addresses.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
But this fact sustains me only in the way that, say, the prospect of heaven cheers a terminally ill person: it’s nice to know, but it isn’t much help from moment to moment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
