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Recent Examples of life-and-death
The trailer shows the brothers running from several life-and-death scenarios, as Vince (Bateman) drags his brother into his mess.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Residents learn to care for critically ill patients, a process that demands intensive hours, extensive study outside of work to prepare for cases, and the emotional resilience to confront life-and-death situations daily.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Details about what happened inside remain hazy – but Walker fatally stabbed Holly Hatcher before a life-and-death fight with her husband, who had visible wounds when deputies arrived and was wearing a large bandage on his forearm during a public appearance days later.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
In the process of turning what seemed routine into a life-and-death struggle, the entire flight team had created one of NASA’s finest moments that ranks with Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s walks on the moon nine months earlier.
—Don Babwin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
Residents learn to care for critically ill patients, a process that demands intensive hours, extensive study outside of work to prepare for cases, and the emotional resilience to confront life-and-death situations daily.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Details about what happened inside remain hazy – but Walker fatally stabbed Holly Hatcher before a life-and-death fight with her husband, who had visible wounds when deputies arrived and was wearing a large bandage on his forearm during a public appearance days later.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
In the process of turning what seemed routine into a life-and-death struggle, the entire flight team had created one of NASA’s finest moments that ranks with Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s walks on the moon nine months earlier.
—Don Babwin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for life-and-death
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The deal accelerated over several crucial moments — Israel’s strike on Qatar, discussions on the sidelines of the recent United Nations General Assembly in New York City and Jared Kushner’s conversations with his father-in-law, these sources said.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Health care has become even more crucial, the union argues, with the possibility that rates under the Affordable Care Act might increase dramatically in coming months.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Blue Jays will await their ALCS opponent, as the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers are set for a decisive Game 5 at T-Mobile Park on Friday night.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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After taking steps in his defensive game last season, Matthews continued to track back and make decisive plays with his stick while defending.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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His helmet is a nod to physics, a fundamental science that’s deeply woven into the makeup of motorsports, and also a tribute to his father.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Scaling is the key step in bridging the gap between fundamental discovery and large-scale deployment.—
Stavroula Alina Kampouri,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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The initiative will help ensure reliable access to critical medicines, minerals, defense capabilities, and energy and microchips to power AI, Dimon said.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Rare earth minerals are critical to military applications, as well as to semiconductor and auto industries.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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China’s control of the rare earth sector gives it key leverage in negotiations, with curbs now announced on all but five of the 17 metallic elements.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Lawson-Remer cited the connection between education and clinical practice, and the ability to keep working while learning, as the key factors in making progress in the larger goal of significantly growing the local mental health care workforce.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Madden said his bargaining unit has reached some agreements with Kaiser over basic issues, but members are still pushing for the health system to maintain workers’ health care, retirement and pension benefits.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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For nearly two decades, the basic browsing experience, aside from a few minor improvements, remained largely unchanged.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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For director and producer Robert Eric Wise, the goal of the documentary was to introduce more young people to the work and accomplishments of pivotal Black Fort Worth residents.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
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Chris Jones’ effort — or lack thereof — on a pivotal late play became a national talking point.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Life-and-death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/life-and-death. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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