as in suicides
the suffering and death of a martyr
He suffered martyrdom for his religious beliefs.
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OpenAI also faces lawsuits from multiple families who allege ChatGPT encouraged their children’s suicides.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026 -
ChatGPT — and users’ extraordinarily intimate relationships with it — is also linked to numerous teen and adult suicides.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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While some people think snow and ice cause deadly accidents, officials say more fatalities occur during the warmer months.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026
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The highest percentages of fatalities involving motorcyclists not wearing helmets occurred in Weld and Pueblo counties.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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But beyond its account of a family in flight, from both the authorities and its own murkier truths, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young interrogates the radicalism of the 1960s and 70s, its unlikely alliances, its political legacies, and its many, many casualties along the way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Israel’s military said one of its soldiers was killed in battle there Thursday, raising the troop casualties to 17 since the Iran war started.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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