as in died
to stop living
when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks
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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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So far, archaeologists have uncovered two-thirds of Pompeii and found the remains of about 1,300 people — a number that doesn’t include those who perished beyond the center of town.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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More than 2,700 of the victims perished in the fiery collapse of the trade center’s twin towers, and about 40% of those victims haven’t had any remains identified.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 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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Investigators determined that a lone gunman stepped out of a vehicle near the intersection of Clinton Avenue and East 29th Street and fired about 30 rounds at people who were standing on a sidewalk before leaving in the vehicle.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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The two last stepped out for a red carpet date night at The King's Trust Awards in London on June 26.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Pegged out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pegged%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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