perish

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Recent Examples of perish Most of Kehlmann’s relatives perished in the Holocaust. David Segal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 Forty passengers and crew perished when the jet crashed soon after. Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 Apr. 2025 An estimated 62 percent of commercial colonies perished, according to a survey by the nonprofit Project Apis m. Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025 The plane explodes, all the commanders perish, and Nick dies along with them. Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for perish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perish
Verb
  • Wayne Lewis, founding member of hit R&B group Atlantic Starr, died on Thursday (June 5).
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 June 2025
  • Sly Stone, a funk pioneer whose influence and impact as leader of the musical group Sly and the Family Stone was as enduring as his career was brief, died Monday in Los Angeles.
    Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • This multi-agent architecture enables organizations to decompose complex business processes into manageable, specialized components.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Las Vegas Metro Police discovered the body of Matthew Kelemen, 56, decomposing and wrapped in a tarp inside a locked plastic bin near Fremont Street on May 20 after responding to reports of a foul odor, the department wrote in a press release.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • Crucially, the flagship brand Moncler saw sales rise only 2% and its crucial Europe, Middle East, and Africa region fell by 1%.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 3 June 2025
  • In May 2022 — three years ago — Caltrans estimated that the project would cost $433 million, meaning that in addition to falling behind schedule, the cost has gone up by about $96 million in that time.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Guinness noted that the actor had to jump out of a helicopter from a minimum height of 7,500 feet — sometimes while wearing a 50-pound camera rig — and that the parachute could only burn for about three seconds before completely disintegrating, forcing Cruise to deploy a backup chute.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 June 2025
  • Instead the vehicle spun out of control and disintegrated during atmospheric reentry.
    Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Don’t constantly flood the new grass as this can lead to rot problems especially in shady spots.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
  • Since then, the infestation has worsened, the complaint says, with students at times finding decomposing and rotting mice under the sinks.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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