as in died
to stop living
my grandfather passed on at the age of 92
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Osbourne, who died July 22 at 76 after a heart attack, famously bit the head off a bat during a solo performance.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Julie Henneberry, a Bay View woman whose firefighter father died on 9/11, is sharing her story publicly for the first time.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Recently, Sanchez posted another emotional message on Instagram, this time after her mother-in-law, Jacklyn Bezos, passed away at the age of 78.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Sep. 2025
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Løchen passed away when Trier was a child.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sadly, none of her citrus survived, and many of her cattle perished.—
Mandi Wright,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Prince William's London outing comes the day after Prince Harry stepped out in the city to attend the WellChild Awards, supporting his longtime charity for seriously ill children.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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During his dad's career, Flynn stepped out to support Jones at several red carpet events.—
Vandana Pawa,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Shelby County Public Library Director Pam Federspiel did not think much of it when an unidentified man checked out 16 books on LGBTQ+ topics from the Shelby County Public Library in Spring 2024.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Passed (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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