as in died
to stop living
my grandfather passed on at the age of 92
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Three people also died during storm preparations, but the government has not provided a death toll since the hurricane battered the island on Tuesday.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025 -
The queen mother died last week at the age of 93 after years battling illnesses, Reuters reported.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some of their group passed away, others moved out of town and a few were worried about interacting with too many people at the height of the pandemic.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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My grandparents not talking about their experience being sent to a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, and then also my mom never talking about her older sister, who passed away before I was born.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, Castro-Rivera perished.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
26 Oct. 2025
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All told, hundreds of thousands perished.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Just last week, Emma Stone stepped out in the same spring 1996 Donna Karan skirt set that costume designer Judianna Makovsky once sourced for Gwyneth Paltrow’s Estella in Great Expectations.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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The former couple stepped out together at the Los Angeles premiere of Sheen’s Netflix documentary, aka Charlie Sheen, back in September, posing for photos together and sharing a hug.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The outlet also said that Simmons was taken to a hospital after the accident to be checked out.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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Now, a recent Urban performance has resurfaced that points to, if not that, at least the fact that the singer was mentally checked out a while ago.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Passed (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20%28on%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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