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as in lethal
likely to cause or capable of causing death
a mortal wound
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2
as in deadly
of, relating to, or suggestive of death
a wounded soldier writhing in mortal agony
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as in human
relating to or characteristic of human beings
just an ordinary guy with all the usual mortal limitations
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as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
have always had a mortal aversion to narcissistic people
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as in person
a member of the human race
just an ordinary mortal living an ordinary life
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Recent Examples of mortal
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
French Catholicism may be the aesthetic foundation of the group, but its core beliefs center on one mortal man with his own byzantine set of codes and restrictions.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
If bits are mere mortals, occupying space and time, qubits possess omnipresence and telepathy.
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Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Adjective
Now that Michael Jackson is too big to fail, and no longer a living man with mortal flaws and moral failures weighing him down, selling the aura is inevitable.
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Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
French Catholicism may be the aesthetic foundation of the group, but its core beliefs center on one mortal man with his own byzantine set of codes and restrictions.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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If bits are mere mortals, occupying space and time, qubits possess omnipresence and telepathy.
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Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
If bits are mere mortals, occupying space and time, qubits possess omnipresence and telepathy.
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Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Haiti later won a true goal thanks to a lethal shot from Isidor.
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Now 34 years later, Florida is set to execute Spencer by lethal injection on Thursday, June 25.
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At the same time, vaccination rates have declined, worrying experts that more people could become vulnerable to this potentially deadly but preventable infection.
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The suspect, who has not yet been identified by police, was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of 22-year-old Nasir Majied on Friday, June 5.
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Several of the deaths were attributed to a variety of human activities, such as boat strikes.
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Amodei predicts that, over the next five to ten years, AI will achieve, among other things, the reliable prevention and treatment of nearly all natural infectious disease, the elimination of most cancer, the prevention of Alzheimer’s and a doubling of the human lifespan.
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The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.
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Create an internal incident map and begin tagging hostile actions according to the DISARM taxonomy.
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As officers moved inside, the suspect ran out the back of the building, where other officers stationed along a perimeter took the person into custody, police said.
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Sees another email that says that the person who's going to shut it down is having extramarital affair.
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The fatal attack came 16 days later.
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Detectives identified James Goodman, 39, and Devinae Mitchell, 26, both of Hercules, as suspects in the fatal shooting, police said.
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After being struck by gunfire, the man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Police are investigating after a man was found dead underwater Saturday afternoon in Lauderhill.
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But a recent poll shows that a majority abroad have a negative view of the country.
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Bass’ handling of the Palisades fire has had a long-lasting, negative impact on voters’ opinions of her.
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“Mortal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortal. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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