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Recent Examples of nonfatal
The economists find that pro-gun PACs increase spending only really in congressional districts that see fatal school shootings, not nonfatal school shootings or other mass shootings.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 8 July 2025
The majority of shootings in Walnut Hills this year have been nonfatal.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 June 2025
The group estimates every fatal shooting costs taxpayers at least $1.6 million for fatal shootings and $1.1 million for nonfatal shootings, according to a 2019 Force Detroit report.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
There have been six homicides and 20 nonfatal shootings so far this year in Police District One, which includes downtown and the city’s east side neighborhoods, according to police data, That’s an uptick from last year when there was 3 homicides and 10 nonfatal shootings.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 8 July 2025
The majority of shootings in Walnut Hills this year have been nonfatal.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 June 2025
The group estimates every fatal shooting costs taxpayers at least $1.6 million for fatal shootings and $1.1 million for nonfatal shootings, according to a 2019 Force Detroit report.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
There have been six homicides and 20 nonfatal shootings so far this year in Police District One, which includes downtown and the city’s east side neighborhoods, according to police data, That’s an uptick from last year when there was 3 homicides and 10 nonfatal shootings.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfatal
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More changes - including budget cuts - are anticipated in an ongoing reorganization effort that aims to remove noninfectious diseases from the CDC's responsibilities.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
29 July 2025
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However, several types of infectious and noninfectious meningitis don’t spread from person to person.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
18 Jan. 2025
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Yet in 2023, USDA’s Wildlife Services devoted less than 1% of its $286-million budget to nonlethal efforts.—
Peter Kareiva,
Mercury News,
3 Aug. 2025
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Multiple journalists have been shot with nonlethal rounds by law enforcement while reporting on protests—some of which escalated to riots—in Los Angeles over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the city.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.—
Charles Passy,
WSJ,
27 Dec. 2020
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This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.—
David Shultz,
Science | AAAS,
8 Aug. 2019
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In essence, adaptogens are plants that are nontoxic at regular doses and can help your body return to homeostasis, its natural state of equilibrium.—
JP Shaffer,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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The unit can be paired with Off the Deck’s nontoxic, biodegradable balls and FunAir’s inflatable golf nets.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Using portable X-ray fluorescence, a nondestructive way to identify geochemical fingerprints, the researchers confirmed that the Mexicas were partial to a particular green and golden obsidian to produce items for rituals.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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The study highlights how important nondestructive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry has become to archaeology, said John Millhauser, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at North Carolina State University.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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The reality is that consumer inflation (the kind regular schmoes like us feel) was pretty mild.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Like pretty much all vaccines and treatments, mRNA vaccines are not without side effects, but evidence shows that any adverse events are nearly always mild and short-lived.—
Simon Williams,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Nonfatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfatal. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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