terminally ill
Example Sentences
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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
The defendants billed Medicare for reimbursement payments for hospice care for patients over several years, federal officials said, but many of those patients were not terminally ill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
In a small minority of assisted-death cases, patients may not have been terminally ill, but sought to end their lives due to a long and complicated illness that had significantly impacted their quality of life.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
The day he learned that he was terminally ill was the day he lost interest in his purchasing power.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
